Definition of Bedells

1. bedell [n] - See also: bedell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedells

bedeafens
bedeal
bedeck
bedecked
bedecked(p)
bedecking
bedecks
bedeem
bedeen
bedeguar
bedeguars
bedehouse
bedehouses
bedel
bedell
bedells (current term)
bedelries
bedelry
bedels
bedelve
bedeman
bedemen
beden
bederal
bederals
bederite
bedes
bedesman
bedesmen
bedeswoman

Literary usage of Bedells

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wapentake of Wirral: A History of the Royal Franchise of the Hundred and by Ronald Stewart-Brown (1907)
"CHAPTER III THE SERJEANTS AND bedells OF THE PEACE Police system of the Earls of ... These serjeants, attended by a staff of assistants, known as bedells, ..."

2. Cambridge by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker (1907)
"... senate—graces—-proctors—bedells---the master of a college —the vice-master or president—the fellows—unmarried and married fellows — the combination room ..."

3. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the by William Richard Cutter (1912)
"In the first census ever taken in the United States (1790) there appears thirty-eight bedells as heads of families in \evv York state, under the different ..."

4. Cambridge Antiquarian Communications (1881)
"On the MACES of the ESQUIRE bedells, and the MACE formerly borne by the YEOMAN BEDELL. Communicated by AP HUMPHRY, Esq., MA, Trinity College. ..."

5. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"Eng., three Esquire bedells are appointed, whose office is to attend the ... At the University of Oxford, the Esquire bedells are three in number. ..."

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