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AVE-MARIA

Volume 2 · 53 words · 1797 Edition

the angel Gabriel's salutation of the Virgin Mary, when he brought her the tidings of the incarnation — it is become a prayer or form of devotion in the Roman church. Their chaplets and rosaries are divided into so many ave-marias, and so many pater-nosters, to which the Papists ascribe a wonderful efficacy.