Beadroll

Beadroll
Beadroll Bead"roll`, n. (R. C. Ch.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general. [1913 Webster]

On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be filed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line. --Quart. Rev. [1913 Webster]


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