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beadsman
[ beedz-muhn ]
noun
- a person who prays for another as a duty, especially when paid.
- an inmate of a poorhouse; almsman.
beadsman
/ ˈ²ú¾±Ë»å³ú³¾É™²Ô /
noun
- a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
- a person kept in an almshouse
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
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.
Goddess! vouchsafe this aged man his right, To be your beadsman now that Was your knight.â€
On the contrary, they are foreseen from the first: that of the beadsman in the lines,
"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.
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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