Definition of rosary

• n. - A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
• n. - A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.
• n. - A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
• n. - A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.