beadroll

/ (ˈbiːdˌrəʊl) /

noun

archaic a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered

Nearby words

beadhouse, beading, beading of ribs, beadle, beadledom, beadroll, beadsman, beadswoman, beadwork, beady, beady eye

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Examples from the Web for beadroll

In our beadroll of the world's greatest writers I shall mention only one more, Goethe.
The Booklover and His Books|Harry Lyman Koopman
To Jock himself it gave a keen momentary pang to see his own name only third in that beadroll of honour; but so it was.
Sir Tom|Mrs. Oliphant