rosary beads
Catholic meditation aid
Rosary beads are a string of beads used by Roman Catholics to count prayers while reciting the rosary—a devotional sequence of prayers including Our Fathers, Hail Marys, and Glorias.
The beads are arranged in groups corresponding to sets of prayers called decades.
By extension, similar prayer beads in other traditions: Buddhist rosary beads, Muslim rosary beads.
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