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

From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes

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

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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

From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Edna Henry Lee Turpin

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."

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

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