rosary
/ˈrəʊzərɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- (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（天主教）念珠祈祷（一种数念珠的祈祷式, 《圣母颂》念五遍［或15遍］, 每遍之前念《主祷文》, 之后念《荣耀颂》）, 玫瑰经：
the congregation said the rosary.
全体教徒念玫瑰经。
1.1
- a string of beads for keeping count in such a devotion or in the devotions of some other religions, in Roman Catholic use 55 or 165 in number（一串）念珠（天主教或其他一些宗教作祈祷时用的念珠, 天主教使用55或165颗念珠）。
1.2
- a book containing such a devotion《玫瑰经》。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'rose garden'）： from Latin rosarium 'rose garden', based on rosa 'rose'.