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Ave Maria

[ ah-vey muh-ree-uh ]

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noun

(italics) the first two words of the Latin version of a prayer in the Roman Catholic Church, based on the salutation of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary and the words of Elizabeth to her.
a recitation of this prayer.
the bead or beads on a rosary used to count off each prayer as spoken.

Ave Maria

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noun

another name for Hail Mary

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ave Maria¹

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; ave

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ave Maria¹

C14: from Medieval Latin: hail, Mary!

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Softly at first then louder, as if to encourage those who joined in timidly, the nuns broke into Ave Maria.

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Not just because a desire to please Fred forces Sam to sing “Ave Maria” and Joel to deliver an impossibly touching speech, but also because Fred deserves to be the happiest man in the world.

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The champion mirrored Agent 47 in the Hitman video gaming series, making his entrance to Franz Schubert's Ave Maria - a song used in the game.

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“He just decided, you know what, I’m gonna stop taking questions and then he’s swaying to "Ave Maria" and "YMCA" for about half an hour,” Obama said.

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As the director of online sales for the builder CC Homes, Lorraine Sanchez encourages prospective buyers to go see the company’s houses in Ave Maria, a town in southwest Florida.

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