rozenkrans

Dutch

Een rozenkrans
A rosary

Alternative forms

  • rozekrans

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rosencrans. Equivalent to roos (rose) + krans (wreath).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ro‧zen‧krans

Noun

rozenkrans m (plural rozenkransen, diminutive rozenkransje n)

  1. (literally) A wreath of roses
  2. The rosary, a Catholic prayer sequence, consisting of repetitions of Our Lady and Our Father
  3. A rosary, Catholic or, less commonly, Anglican prayer beads used to keep track of the above
  4. An object resembling the wreath:
    1. a deer's antlers' knobby edges
    2. the plant Gnaphalium dioicum, now Antennaria dioica
  5. A symbolical meaning of the wreath:
    1. youth
    2. virginity

Synonyms

  • (prayer sequence) rozenhoedje n
  • (prayer beads) paternoster m

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • rozenkransvormig
  • rozenkransboekje n
  • rozenkransbroederschap m
  • rozenkransdevotie
  • rozenkransfeest n
  • rozenkransgebed n
  • rozenkransgeheim n
  • rozenkranskraal m
  • rozenkransmaker m
  • rozenkransprediker m
  • rozenkranssnoer n
  • paternosterrozenkrans m
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