English Explanatory Dictionary

penal rosary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small set of rosary beads, consisting of a single decade of beads with a cross, attached to a ring.

Word forms

penal rosary penal rosaries

Etymology

From its use as a discreet form of prayer during Irish penal times when Catholic prayer was forbidden by the British.

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