Beads Religious aspects Catholic Church -- See Also the narrower term Rosary
Here are entered works on the Catholic devotion to the Virgin Mary that consists of a system of prayers and meditations (called "mysteries") to be recited while holding a chain of beads that is used as a counter. Prayer books in which the mysteries of the rosary appear in conjunction with psalms or other scriptural passages, meditations, or illustrations are entered under Rosaries (Prayer books).