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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rosarie, n. [ME and e.m.E. rosarie (Chaucer), in this sense (1547), L. rosarium a rose-garden.] The Rosary of our Lady, the Roman Catholic devotion. —1596 Dalr. I 102/7.
Thay … pray thair beides, quhilkes rosarie we cal
