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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A catalogue of people whose souls are to be prayed for..
Dan Chaucer, well of English vndefyled, / On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line.
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Bead roll means (obsolete) A catalogue of people whose souls are to be prayed for..
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Dan Chaucer, well of English vndefyled, / On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.
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