prayer beads
a rosary.
Origin of prayer beads
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How to use prayer beads in a sentence
Asked if the rebels shot any other unarmed prisoners, he nods and vigorously rubs a set of silver prayer beads.
Kneeling before a plaster cast of the Virgin, with a string of bone prayer-beads in her hands, was another aged woman.
A Lover in Homespun | F. Clifford SmithFor a long time she sat with closed eyes, her little ivory prayer-beads in her hands.
A Lover in Homespun | F. Clifford SmithBaptiste, prayer-beads in hand, knelt by his son's side, saying prayers for the dying.
A Lover in Homespun | F. Clifford SmithTo you I give the prayer beads––it is good to give them to you.
The Flute of the Gods | Marah Ellis Ryan
Already she had been to see Jeanne Soubise, in the curiosity-shop, and had bought a string of amber prayer-beads.
The Golden Silence | C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
British Dictionary definitions for prayer beads
/ (prɛə) /
RC Church the beads of the rosary
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