Roman Catholic Church .

a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.

a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.

a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.

(among other religious bodies) a string of beads similarly used in praying.

a rose garden or a bed of roses.

noun

beads , chaplet , prayers