Decade Ring: A type of finger ring (sometimes called a rosary ring) used like a rosary for counting prayers. Ten knobs or ridges around the shank indicate the decades (Aves).
Two other types of ecclesiastical rings were the reliquary rings and the decade ring. Inserted in the reliquary ring was the relic of a martyr or saint. In the sixteenth century, decade rings gained popularity.
There were rings that had a religious or Ecclesiastical function such as the "Papal ring" or the "decade ring," which served as a miniature rosary.
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