A salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her
Synonyms:
ave maria
ave
Hail Mary pass
Hail Mary play
last-ditch effort
last-minute pass
Hail-mary Sentence Examples
For example, he will go for a 1st down when it's 3rd and long, or catch the hail mary.
This short string is then attached to a loop of five "decades", or groups of ten beads representing ten Hail Mary prayers, each separated by a single bead for an Our Father prayer.
As the name implies, the single decade rosary has a single decade of Hail Mary prayer beads attached to the crucifix string.
