Hail Mary

English

Noun

Hail Mary (plural Hail Marys)

1. (Christianity) A prayer calling for the intercession of the Virgin Mary.

   Synonym: angelic salutation

2. A Hail Mary pass.

Translations

prayer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖母經／圣母经 (Shèngmǔjīng), 圣母经 (Shèngmǔjīng)

• Cornish: Hayl Maria
• Dutch: weesgegroetje (nl) n
• Finnish: Ave Maria
• French: Je vous salue Marie m
• German: Ave Maria n; Gegrüßet seist Du Maria n; (uncommon) englischer Gruß m
• Hungarian: üdvözlégy
• Irish: is é do Bheatha, a Mhuire, An tÁivé Máiria m
• Japanese: アヴェ・マリア (Ave Maria), 聖母マリアへの祈り (Seibo Maria e no Inori), 天使祝詞 (Tenshi Shukushi)
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• Korean: 아베 마리아 (Abe Maria), 성모 기도 (Seongmo Gido), 성모송 (Seongmosong)
• Latin: Ave Maria
• Manx: Failt yn Ainle
• Polish: Zdrowaś Mario, zdrowaśka (pl) f (informal)
• Portuguese: ave-maria (pt) m
• Russian: А́ве Мари́я (ru) f (Áve Maríja)
• Scottish Gaelic: Fàilte Mhoire
• Spanish: avemaría
• Tagalog: Aba Ginoóng María
• Vietnamese: Kinh Kính Mừng

Hail Mary pass — see Hail Mary pass

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) Hail Mary

1. (Christianity) salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God

Verb

Hail Mary (third-person singular simple present Hail Maries, present participle Hail Marying, simple past and past participle Hail Maried)

1. To pray by saying a Hail Mary.
   • 2003, Ray Cranley, Chip Chop Cherry, →ISBN, page 120:

     He Hail Maryed himself to sleep every night and woke up Hail Marying in the morning, and to his amazement and delight it worked.

   • 2015, Pamela DuMond, The Assassin:

     Sister Cecilia Hail Maryed herself and slid back in the room.

   • 2018, Gregory Phillip Jones, 51 Years of Bipolar Disease: A Survivor's Story, →ISBN, page 168:

     I can just imagine a medical examiner standing beside my corpse, pulling the sheet back so as to expose my head and torso, and explaining to a detective, “This poor man Hail Maryed himself to death!”

Translations

salutation prayer

• Classical Syriac: ܫܠܡ ܠܟܝ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܡܪܝܡ
• Irish: is é do Bheatha, a Mhuire, go mbeannaítear duit, a Mhuire
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• Latin: Ave Maria
• Manx: dy bannee dhyt y Voirrey