PRAYER BEADS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prayer beads mean? 

• PRAYER BEADS (noun)
  The noun PRAYER BEADS has 1 sense:

1. a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)

  Familiarity information: PRAYER BEADS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRAYER BEADS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

prayer beads; rosary

Hypernyms ("prayer beads" is a kind of...):

beads; string of beads (several beads threaded together on a string)