rosary: المعنى والتعريفات

Roman Catholic Church A form of devotion to the Virgin Mary, chiefly consisting of three sets of five decades each of the Hail Mary, each decade preceded by the Lord's Prayer and ending with a doxology.

Roman Catholic Church One of these sets of decades.

Roman Catholic Church A string of beads of 5 or 15 decades on which these prayers are counted.

Similar beads used by other religious groups.