rosary English · revision 788

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɹoʊzəɹi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|rosārium|t=rose garden]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) in Medieval Latin also “garland; string of beads; series of prayers”,^(Etymonline) a noun use of the neuter of ''rosārius'' “of roses”, from ''rosa'' “rose” (see [[rose]]).^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) The devotional sense came through [[frm|rosaire]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A rose garden or rose bed (c. 1440 in the OED; about 1440 in Barnhart; mid-15th century in Etymonline).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “series of prayers” is attested by 1547,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) a figurative use of French ''rosaire'' “rose garden”, on the notion of a “garden” of prayers;^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) medieval collections were often compared to bouquets, and a prayer book was called ''hortulus animae'', “little garden of the soul”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) By the 1590s the word was transferred to the string of beads used to count the prayers (1597).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Hendrickson mentions theories that the first beads were of rosewood, or that the name comes from the “Mystical Rose”, a title of the Virgin Mary.^(Hendrickson 2008) In the 14th century ''rosary'' also named a counterfeit coin current in England in the 13th century (1387).^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1387 – a base foreign coin (historical).^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1440 – a rose garden.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1547 – a set of devotions to the Virgin Mary.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1597 – a string of prayer beads.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # In the [[Roman Catholic]] Church, a devotion to the [[Virgin Mary]] consisting of decades of [[Hail Mary|alt=Hail Marys]], each preceded by the Lord's Prayer and ended with a [[doxology]], with meditation on the sacred mysteries.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A string of beads used to count these prayers.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A similar string of beads used for prayer in other religions.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # ''(archaic)'' A rose garden or rose bed.^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rosarian]]

+ * [[rosary pea]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rose]]

+ * [[rosarium]]

+ * [[anthology]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}