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Meaning of beadroll | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A catalogue of people whose souls are to be prayed for.
    obsolete
  2. A catalogue of names; a pedigree, a long respected series.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Beads Beadsman beadsnake beadswoman beadwork beadworker

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