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a string of beads that are used by some Roman Catholics for counting prayers as they say them Topics Religion and festivalsc2(天主教徒念经时用的)数珠,念珠 - the Rosary[singular]
the set of prayers said by Roman Catholics while counting rosary beads (天主教徒念的)玫瑰经
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘rose garden’): from Latin rosarium ‘rose garden’, based on rosa ‘rose’.