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

   A Hail Mary, in a religious context, refers to a traditional Catholic prayer asking for the grace and help of the Virgin Mary. In American Football, a Hail Mary refers to a long, desperate pass made in an attempt to score points, usually towards the end of the game. It generally involves an element of luck or hope due to its low success rate. The phrase 'Hail Mary' is also used informally in wider contexts to refer to any desperate, last-minute attempt to solve a problem.

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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. 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.

2. Trent England:

   The reality is, they’ve run out of states where they can pass this through the legislature, they’ve had some support in Michigan in the past and a lot of those supporters have changed sides and are now opponents of national popular vote. There is no prospect of passing NPV in the Michigan legislature. This is kind of their Hail Mary to try to take this to voters and see if they will pass it.

3. James Hart Stern:

   National Socialist Movement was a hail Mary of Jeff Schoep trying to get out of the consequences of Jeff Schoep actions.

4. 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.

5. Asher Weinberger:

   We were on our respective couches, in isolation, mutually depressed, asking each other,' What do we do with this last $ 10,000 ?' we ultimately decided we're going to take a Hail Mary pass.

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. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hail mary