penal rosary

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penal rosary

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

noun penal rosaries

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

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@misc{penal_rosary_2026,
  title = {penal rosary},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/penal%20rosary},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}