Bedesman

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beadsman \Beads"man\, Bedesman \Bedes"man\, n.; pl. {-men}.
     A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray
     for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
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           Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for


           ever unto Almighty God.                  --Fuller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bedesman \Bedes"man\, n.
     Same as {Beadsman}. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bedesman
       n : a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: {beadsman}]