Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)

plural of rosary

(historical) A former festival on the first Sunday in October, commemorating the victory over the Turks at Lepanto in 1571.

plural of rosary shell

(Ireland, historical) A small set of rosary beads, consisting of a single decade of beads with a cross, attached to a ring.

Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-coloured and pearly.

A rosary, consisting of a decade of Hail Mary beads, worn around the wrist

plural of rosary bangle

plural of rosary pea

A leguminous plant, Abrus precatorius, or its round, red, poisonous seeds which are sometimes used as beads.