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Salve Regina
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Salveregina
English
Etymology
en la salvē rēgīna hail, queen, the opening of the prayer in that language.
Noun
1
en Roman Catholicism A hymn to the Virgin Mary, one of the Marian antiphons, also prayed as part of the rosary.
en Hail Holy Queen
en 1852 A Novena in Honour of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel 7 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LO0CAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA7 The fifth remark is, that any person who cannot read or hear the Novena read, can make it by saying every day five Salve Reginas and five Ave Marias, saying first an act of contrition, and observing as far as possible the directions here given.
en music A musical setting of this hymn.
en 1884 Franz von Seeburg J. M. Toohey Joseph Haydn: The Story of His Life 40 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qhtKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA40 I have often been scolded for this by Reutter, and especially when I composed a Salve Regina for twelve voices.
Translations
hymn to the Virgin Mary
Portuguese: pt salve-rainha f
Tagalog: tl Aba Po, Santa Mariang Hari
See also
en Hail Mary
en Named prayers