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beadroll

/ ˈbiːdˌrəʊl /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field.

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It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line.

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XL "God you reward, Sir Siegfried!" said the noble child, "For all your high deservings in honor's beadroll fil'd, The which I know from all men have won you fame and grace."

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In fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be fil'd.

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It is said that men have stolen the livery of heaven in which to serve the devil; but it seems hardly consistent with the pretensions of the church that she should be compelled to appropriate the beadroll of Infidelity in order to make her appear respectable.

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