English Explanatory Dictionary

Salve Regina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hymn to the Virgin Mary, one of the Marian antiphons, also prayed as part of the rosary.
  2. A musical setting of this hymn.

Word forms

Salve Regina Salve Reginas

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin salvē rēgīna (“hail, queen”), the opening of the prayer in that language.

Synonyms

Hail Holy Queen

Related words

Hail Mary
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