Synonyms for ave marias
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ah-vey muh-ree-uh |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑ veɪ məˈri ə |
Définition of ave marias
Origin :- modified form of the angelic salutation to the Virgin (Luke i:28) used as a devotional recitation, early 13c., from the opening words ("Ave [Maria] gratia plena").
- As in Hail Mary : noun last-ditch effort
- You've only to say three Ave Marias when you wake in the morning and you get anything you want.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- To count their beads and mutter their Ave Marias; 'tis all they need.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- She had said her Ave Marias over and over again, but they seemed to do her no good.
- Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1893 » by Various
- Let us play for Ave Marias; and so saying, he dropped a pack of cards out of his sleeve.
- Extract from : « Pablo de Segovia, the Spanish Sharper » by Francisco de Quevedo
- On entering the forest, he remembered that he had that morning omitted his Ave Marias, so he knelt down to say them.
- Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 » by Various
- Then every one knelt down, and the old man recited the Litanies and a succession of Ave Marias.
- Extract from : « Adventures of a Young Naturalist » by Lucien Biart
- He had not power to bethink him of his Paternosters and Ave Marias, which, doubtless, would have dissolved the impious charm.
- Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) » by John Roby
- But she said her Ave Marias again just the same; being happy, they did her more good.
- Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1893 » by Various
- This pious exercise consists in a paternoster and ten Ave Marias, repeated five times.
- Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous
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