Noun
A catalogue of people whose souls are to be prayed for.
Usage- Obsolete
A catalogue of names; a pedigree, a long respected series.
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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.