British Dictionary definitions for beadroll

beadroll

noun

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

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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
In our beadroll of the world's greatest writers I shall mention only one more, Goethe.
The Booklover and His Books
Harry Lyman Koopman

beadroll

Examples from the Web for beadroll

Historical Examples

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.

In our beadroll of the world's greatest writers I shall mention only one more, Goethe.