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prayer beads

[ prair ]

plural noun

  1. a rosary.


prayer beads

/ prɛə /

plural noun

  1. RC Church the beads of the rosary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of prayer beads1

First recorded in 1620–30
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Example Sentences

Asked if the rebels shot any other unarmed prisoners, he nods and vigorously rubs a set of silver prayer beads.

Kneeling before a plaster cast of the Virgin, with a string of bone prayer-beads in her hands, was another aged woman.

For a long time she sat with closed eyes, her little ivory prayer-beads in her hands.

Baptiste, prayer-beads in hand, knelt by his son's side, saying prayers for the dying.

To you I give the prayer beads––it is good to give them to you.

Already she had been to see Jeanne Soubise, in the curiosity-shop, and had bought a string of amber prayer-beads.

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