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rosary

[roh-zuh-ree] / ˈroʊ zə ri /
NOUN
beads
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A toddler sat on her mother’s lap, clutching a rosary.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

One visitor touched her rosary beads on the case.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

The rosary presupposes our boredom, propensity to distraction, and impatience with dull routine and attempts to transmute these failings into the virtues of faith, hope and charity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

He liked to go into nature and pray with them the way some people pray with a rosary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Papa started the rosary as we drove onto the expressway.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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