Rosary

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.

II. Rosary ·noun A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.

III. Rosary ·noun A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.

IV. Rosary ·noun A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.