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Ring, the Decade

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a modern substitute for the rosary during the existence of the penal laws, being more easily concealed. It has on it ten knobs, on each of which, as it passed under the fingers, an Ave was said, and on the eleventh, which is distinguished by a cross, a Paternoster.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Ring, the Decade'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​r/ring-the-decade.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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