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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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Example Sentences

On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field.

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

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."

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

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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