AVE-MARIA, or Ave-Mary, the Angel Gabriel's Salutation of the Virgin, at his bringing the Tidings of the Incarnation; thus called, as beginning with those Words, Ave Maria, Hail Mary. See VIRGIN, ANNUNCIATION, etc. The Ave-Mary is a Prayer or Formula of Devotion very usual in the Romish Church.—Their Chaplets and Rosaries are divided into so many Ave-Marys, and so many Pater-Nosters: And hence the Beads themselves, which indicate them, are also called Aves or Ave-Marys. See CHAPLET, ROSARY, etc.
AVE-MARIA
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