Bead-roll
Among Catholic priests, a bead-roll was a list or catalog of people to be specially prayed for.
A beadroll, or bead-row, may also be any list or catalog of names, or a pedigree. The term is also used for the beads of a rosary.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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