English-Thai Dictionary

rosary

N พิธี สวดมนต์ นับ ลูก ประคำ ของ คริสต์ นิกาย โรมันคาทอลิก  pi-te-sud-mon-nub-luk-pa-kam

 

rosary

N สาย ลูก ประคำ  beads sai-luk-pa-kam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROSARY

n.s as z. [L. rosarium. See Rose. ] 1. A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
2. A chaplet.
3. A string of beads used by Roman catholics, on which they count their prayers.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROSARY

Ro "sa *ry, n.; pl. Rosaries. Etym: [LL. rosarium a string of beads, L.rosarium a place planted with roses, rosa a rose: cf. F. rosaire. See Rose. ]

 

1. A bed of roses, or place where roses grow. "Thick rosaries of scented thorn. " Tennyson.

 

2. (R.C.Ch. )

 

Defn: A series of prayers (see Note below ) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted. His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers. Milton.

 

Note: A rosary consists of fifteen decades. Each decade contains ten Ave Marias marked by small beads, preceded by a Paternoster, marked by a larger bead, and concluded by a Gloria Patri. Five decades make a chaplet, a third part of the rosary. Bp. Fitzpatrick.

 

3. A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections. Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night. Jer. Taylor.

 

4. A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny. Rosary shell (Zoöl.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-colored and pearly.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rosary

ro sa ry |ˈrōzərē ˈroʊz (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. rosaries ) (in the Roman Catholic Church ) a form of devotion in which five (or fifteen ) decades of Hail Marys are repeated, each decade preceded by an Our Father and followed by a Glory Be: the congregation said the rosary. • a string of beads for keeping count in such a devotion or in the devotions of some other religions. • a book containing such a devotion. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘rose garden ’): from Latin rosarium ‘rose garden, ’ based on rosa ‘rose. ’

 

rosary pea

ro sa ry pea ▶noun a tropical plant of the pea family that produces extremely poisonous, shiny, scarlet beans with a black eye. [Genus Abrus, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular A. precatorius. ] • the beans of any of these plants.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rosary

rosary |ˈrəʊz (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. rosaries ) (in the Roman Catholic Church ) a form of devotion in which five (or fifteen ) decades of Hail Marys are repeated, each decade preceded by an Our Father and followed by a Glory Be. • a string of beads for keeping count in a rosary or in the devotions of some other religions, in Roman Catholic use 55 or 165 in number. • a book containing a rosary. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘rose garden ’): from Latin rosarium ‘rose garden ’, based on rosa ‘rose ’.

 

rosary pea

ro sa ry pea ▶noun a tropical plant of the pea family that produces extremely poisonous, shiny, scarlet beans with a black eye. [Genus Abrus, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular A. precatorius. ] • the beans of any of these plants.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rosary

ro sa ry /róʊz (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ries C 〘カトリック 〙ロザリオ 〘祈りに用いる数珠 （じゆず ）〙; 〖the ～〗ロザリオの祈り 〘ロザリオを繰りながら祈る 〙.