penal rosary

短语

词形变化

penal rosaries 复数 penal rosaries

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    爱尔兰 历史

词源

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

来源：wiktionary