чётки — meaning in English

English meaning

• bead noun A small, often round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for jewellery or decoration.
• rosary noun A string of beads used, especially by Catholics, to count prayers as they are recited.

Senses

чётки is used for these senses in English:

• bead Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. [from 14thc.]
• komboskini (Christianity) A rope of usually 33, 50 or 100 knots, used in meditative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, to count one's recitations of the Jesus Prayer.
• prayer beads A string of beads used by members of various religions to count prayers, chants, or devotions.
• rosary Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria).

bead — full definition

1. noun A small, often round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for jewellery or decoration.
2. noun A small drop of liquid, such as sweat or condensation.
3. noun One of the small balls on a rosary, used for counting prayers.

rosary — full definition

1. noun A string of beads used, especially by Catholics, to count prayers as they are recited.
2. noun The set of prayers recited using such beads.

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