penal rosary
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From its use as a discreet form of prayer during Irish penal times when Catholic prayer was forbidden by the British.
Noun
[edit]penal rosary (plural penal rosaries)
- (Ireland, historical) A small set of rosary beads, consisting of a single decade of beads with a cross, attached to a ring.