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:"Mid-15th century, "rose garden," from Latin ''rosarium'' "rose garden," from neuter of ''rosarius'' "of roses," from ''rosa'' "rose" (see rose). The sense of "series of prayers" is 1540s, from Middle French ''rosaire,'' a figurative use of the word meaning "rose garden," on the notion of a "garden" of prayers. This embodies the medieval conceit [practice] of comparing collections to bouquets (cf. ''anthology'' and Middle Latin ''hortulus animæ'', "prayerbook," lit. "little garden of the soul"). This sense was transferred around 1597 to the strings of beads used as a memory aid in reciting the rosary."[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rosary] | :"Mid-15th century, "rose garden," from Latin ''rosarium'' "rose garden," from neuter of ''rosarius'' "of roses," from ''rosa'' "rose" (see rose). The sense of "series of prayers" is 1540s, from Middle French ''rosaire,'' a figurative use of the word meaning "rose garden," on the notion of a "garden" of prayers. This embodies the medieval conceit [practice, conception, habit] of comparing collections to bouquets (cf. ''anthology'' ["a collection of flowers"] and Middle Latin ''hortulus animæ'', "prayerbook," lit. "little garden of the soul"). This sense was transferred around 1597 to the strings of beads used as a memory aid in reciting the rosary."[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rosary] | ||
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Etymology of Rosary:
- "Mid-15th century, "rose garden," from Latin rosarium "rose garden," from neuter of rosarius "of roses," from rosa "rose" (see rose). The sense of "series of prayers" is 1540s, from Middle French rosaire, a figurative use of the word meaning "rose garden," on the notion of a "garden" of prayers. This embodies the medieval conceit [practice, conception, habit] of comparing collections to bouquets (cf. anthology ["a collection of flowers"] and Middle Latin hortulus animæ, "prayerbook," lit. "little garden of the soul"). This sense was transferred around 1597 to the strings of beads used as a memory aid in reciting the rosary."[1]