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rosary

[roh-zuh-ree] / ˈroʊ zə ri /
NOUN
beads
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Some young women veil during Mass; others are picking up the rosary, an older form of prayer that they say they are encountering for the first time as adults.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

A toddler sat on her mother’s lap, clutching a rosary.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

The contrast with the rosary couldn’t be starker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Dressed in white and with a rosary hanging from her car's rear-view mirror, she drove through the city but became trapped in traffic.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Lillian began the rosary for a safe trip.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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