Definitions for hail mary
ha·il ma·ry

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1. Ave Maria, Hail Marynoun

   a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her

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1. Hail Marynoun

   A prayer calling for the intercession of the Holy Mother, for Catholics an essential element of the rosary, and with use in certain other denominations.

2. Hail Marynoun

   A long forward pass with little chance of completion, typically used when time is running out and no other play is practical.

3. Hail Marynoun

   An act done in desperation, with only a very small chance of success.

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1. Hail Mary

   The Hail Mary (Latin: Ave Maria) is a traditional Christian prayer addressing Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke: the Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary (the Annunciation) and Mary's subsequent visit to Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist (the Visitation). The Hail Mary is a prayer of praise for and of petition to Mary, regarded as the Theotokos (Mother of God). Since the 16th century, the version of the prayer used in the Catholic Church closes with an appeal for her intercession. The prayer takes different forms in various traditions and has often been set to music. In the Latin Church, the Hail Mary forms the basis of other prayers such as the Angelus and the Rosary. In the psalmody of the Oriental Orthodox Churches a daily Theotokion is devoted to ascribing praise to the Mother of God. The Eastern Orthodox Churches have apart from the Theotokion a quite similar prayer to the Hail Mary (without explicit request for the intercession of Mary), both in Greek and in translations, for frequent private prayer. The Eastern Catholic Churches follow their respective traditions or adopt the Latin Church version, which is also used by many other Western groups historically associated with the Catholic Church, such as Lutherans, Anglicans, Independent Catholics, and Old Catholics.

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1. Hail Mary

   The Ave Maria is a traditional Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Hail Mary is used within the Catholic Church, and it forms the basis of the Rosary. The prayer is also used by some Anglicans and by many other groups within the Western Catholic tradition of Christianity. A somewhat different form of the prayer is used in the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches and other groups of Eastern Christianity. Some Protestant denominations, such as Lutherans, also make use of a form of the prayer. Most of the text of the Hail Mary can be found within the Gospel of Luke.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hail mary in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hail mary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of hail mary in a Sentence

1. John Boehner:

   Keep the country's best interest in mind and have the courage to do what you can do, in our system of government, it's not about Hail Mary passes. It's the Woody Hayes school of football -- three yards and a cloud of dust. Three yards and a cloud of dust. It's a slow, methodical process.

2. Chris Harmer:

   If the moderates separate themselves from Nusra, immediately the Russians and Assad go kill them, the idea that the moderate rebels will separate themselves from Nusra is just not going to happen. It (the administration plan) is a Hail Mary pass that is dead on arrival.

3. Terry McAuliffe:

   Trump needs Presidential Debates like he needs oxygen. He needs a Hail Mary. He is down everywhere, ultimately, I can't see him not doing it. He needs the exposure.

4. The US:

   We are in Hail Mary territory.

5. Colin Strother:

   The [Biden] administration's handling of the border crisis makes Democrats even more vulnerable on crime, this is the GOP's Hail Mary with suburban women — hoping to convince them that taking away their basic human right to healthcare is a fair swap for the same tough-on-crime message they've used for 60 years.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hail mary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hail_Mary
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_Mary
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hail mary