penal rosary

noun

Etymology

From its use as a discreet form of prayer during Irish penal times when Catholic prayer was forbidden by the British.

Definitions

  1. A small set of rosary beads, consisting of a single decade of beads with a cross,…

    A small set of rosary beads, consisting of a single decade of beads with a cross, attached to a ring.

The neighborhood

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