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PRONUNCIATION:

(ROHZ-uh-ree)

MEANING:

noun: A garden or part of a garden devoted to roses.

ETYMOLOGY:

From rose + -ery, from Latin rosa (rose). Earliest documented use: 1745.

NOTES:

Rosery and rosary share more than a pronunciation: rosary also has an older meaning of a rose garden. Prayers were likened to a garden or garland of roses, and the name later extended to the beads used to count them.

USAGE:

“Last year, I also succumbed to the trend for leaving old-fashioned roses unpruned, with the result that our rosery resembles a briar patch.”
Mark Griffiths; The New Year; Country Life (Bath, UK); Jan 14, 2015.

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