Definition of: rosary

(rō′zə·rē) noun plural ·ries
1. Eccl. a A series of prayers, consisting in its common form (Dominican rosary) of fifteen decades, each containing ten Aves preceded by a paternoster and followed by the Gloria Patri, and each related to a mystery or event in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary which is contemplated during its recitation, b A string of beads for keeping count of the prayers thus recited.
2. A garden or bed of roses.
3. A chaplet or garland, as of roses.
4. A collection of literary selections. [<LL rosarium a rose garden <L rosa a rose]