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BEADROLL
Etymology
Noun
beadroll (plural beadrolls)
(obsolete) A catalogue of people whose souls are to be be prayed for.
A catalogue of names; a pedigree, a long respected series.
• Foreign Quarterly Review
It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly represented in the male line.
Source: Wiktionary
Bead"roll`, n. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: 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. On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field. Spenser. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ADMIRABLE
(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; āan estimable young professorā; ātrains ran with admirable precisionā; āhis taste was impeccable, his health admirableā
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