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beadsman

[ beedz-muhn ]

noun

Archaic.
plural beadsmen.
  1. a person who prays for another as a duty, especially when paid.
  2. an inmate of a poorhouse; almsman.


beadsman

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noun

  1. a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
  2. a person kept in an almshouse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beadsman1

1200–50; bead's man man of prayer; replacing Middle English bedeman. See bead, 's 1, man
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Example Sentences

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One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman.

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Goddess! vouchsafe this aged man his right, To be your beadsman now that Was your knight.â€

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On the contrary, they are foreseen from the first: that of the beadsman in the lines,

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"Ye're no the first nor the hundredth that has put that question to the beadsman," replied the other, as he looked up with a side-glance in the face of the questioner.

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And so he wore a large blue gown, like that of a beadsman, which slipped over his head, and was bound by a belt round his middle, with a stout woollen shirt underneath.

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