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rosary

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