Main Entry: ro·sa·ry

Pronunciation: \ˈrō-zə-rē, ˈrōz-rē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural ro·sa·ries

Etymology: Medieval Latin rosarium, from Latin, rose garden, from neuter of rosarius of roses, from rosa rose

Date: 1547

1 often capitalized : a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of meditation on usually five sacred mysteries during recitation of five decades of Hail Marys of which each begins with an Our Father and ends with a Gloria Patri
2 : a string of beads used in counting prayers especially of the Roman Catholic rosary