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Definition of Bedesman
1. Noun. A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another.
Definition of Bedesman
1. n. Same as Beadsman.
Definition of Bedesman
1. Noun. (obsolete form of beadsman) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bedesman
1. beadsman [n BEDESMEN] - See also: beadsman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedesman
Literary usage of Bedesman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Old Edinburgh: With Historical Accounts of the Buildings Therein by John Charles Dunlop, Alison Hay Dunlop (1896)
"A change of Her Majesty's A bedesman. Ministry does not send a flight of its
predecessors away into the nearest enemy's country ; neither does a Prime ..."
2. The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the (1865)
"The rules give power to remove a bedesman for certain He also objected to the
names of twelve ... nf a bedesman having been removed during hit life:—Held, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"On the king's birthday each bedesman received a new blue gown, a loaf, ...
In consequence c; its use in this general sense of pensioner, " bedesman " was ..."
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