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beadroll

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

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Fame's eternall beadroll, 302. eternal camping-ground, 181. proud temple shines afar, 670.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

This roster of forty "Mesdames" was thereafter accepted as the authorized beadroll of the Carthage Four Hundred.

From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert

"Dan Chaucer, well of English undefyled, On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled."

From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Turpin, Edna Henry Lee