String+of+beads+for+counting+prayers

  • 1to be at one's beads — Bead Bead (b[=e]d), n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. pei qein to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics… …

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  • 2to bid beads — Bead Bead (b[=e]d), n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. pei qein to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics… …

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  • 3Use of Beads at Prayers —     Use of Beads at Prayers     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Use of Beads at Prayers     Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, and number of prayers in certain forms of devotion, are in common use among Catholics as an… …

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  • 4Prayer beads — are traditionally used to keep count of the repetitions of prayers, chants or devotions by adherents of religion. Since the beads can be fingered in an automatic manner, they allow one to keep track of how many prayers have been said with a… …

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  • 5chaplet — /ˈtʃæplət / (say chapluht) noun 1. a wreath or garland for the head. 2. a string of beads. 3. Roman Catholic Church a. a string of beads for counting prayers, one third the length of a rosary. b. the prayers so counted thereon. 4. Architecture a… …

  • 6rosary — n. 1. Chaplet, garland. 2. Rose garden, rosery. 3. String of beads for counting prayers …

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  • 7chaplet — ► NOUN 1) a circlet for a person s head. 2) a string of 55 beads for counting prayers. ORIGIN Old French chapelet little hat , from Latin cappa cap …

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  • 8The Rosary —     The Rosary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rosary     I. IN THE WESTERN CHURCH      The Rosary , says the Roman Breviary, is a certain form of prayer wherein we say fifteen decades or tens of Hail Marys with an Our Father between each ten,… …

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  • 9Bead — (b[=e]d), n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. pei qein to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count… …

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  • 10Bead and butt — Bead Bead (b[=e]d), n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. pei qein to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics… …

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