hail mary in English

noun
1
a prayer to the Virgin Mary used chiefly by Roman Catholics, beginning with part of Luke 1:28.
We'd pile into the car at the crack of dawn and my father would say a Hail Mary before we left, to make sure that the Virgin Mary kept an eye on us.
2
a very long, typically unsuccessful pass made in a desperate attempt to score late in the game.
they beat the 49ers on a Hail Mary pass in the final seconds

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1. All together the Hail Mary.

2. Hail Mary, full of grace.

3. And the Sisters made me read The Hail Mary

4. All right, Manny, this is a real hail mary.

5. The Steelers were one Hail Mary away from last rites.

6. Sometimes the only way to catch the Great Spirit is to throw a Hail Mary.

7. Now it's a bit of a Hail Mary, but I think everybody gets what they need.

8. One Bettor put in a Hail Mary $10 parlay during the NCAA men's tournament that paid more than $33,000

9. Unless the geopolitics of global warming change soon, the Hail Mary pass of geoengineering might become our best shot.

10. We came up with that as a Hail Mary at 3:00 in the morning... to placate the board about international.

11. The gurgling resolved itself into words pronounced with a lingering ghastly quaver. "Hail Mary, Hara Ram, " Gold Teeth said, "the snakes are after me.

12. Bestiary is the second and final studio album by American hip hop group Hail Mary Mallon.The album was released on November 10, 2014, by Rhymesayers Entertainment

13. Classes include: Prayer (An Overview), The Our Father, The Hail Mary, The Rosary, The Stations of the Cross, Divine Mercy, Devotions for Advent and Christmas, Devotions for Lent and Easter, Marian Devotions, Devotions for Catechists

14. Acclamation - Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth, Actus Contritionis - Act of Contrition - Deus meus, ex toto corde poenitet me omnium Agnus Dei - Lamb of God - Agnus Dei, quitollis peccata mundi: miserere Ave Maria - Hail Mary - Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.Benedicta Benedictio Mensae - Blessing Before and After Meals - Benedic, Domine, nos et …

15. Battlefield™ 1 comes jam-packed with a huge arsenal of weaponry, much of it created or honed during The Great War: powerful shotguns, rapid-fire SMGs, destructive LMGs, balanced semiauto rifles, Hail Mary sidearms, trusty sniper rifles, and a wide range of melee weapons like shovels and trench clubs (for when you want to get better acquainted).

16. The making of Anagrams was an exercise of many religious orders in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the angelical salutation “Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum” (“Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee”) was a favourite base; it was transposed to hundreds of variations, as, for example, “Virgo serena, pia, munda et

17. Do you ever get confused about what makes a rosary a rosary, and what makes a Chaplet a Chaplet? They are both strings of beads that are used by Catholics to pray variations of the Our Father and Hail Mary and to count the prayers as they go, but there are also some important differences between rosaries and Chaplets