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Definition of Bedesman

Bedesman
Bedesman Bedes"man, n. Same as Beadsman. [Obs.]
Bedesman
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. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. --Fuller.

Meaning of Bedesman from wikipedia

- Bedesman, or beadsman (Middle English bede, 'prayer', from the Old English biddan, 'to pray'; lit. 'a man of prayer'; and from the Anglo-Saxon bed), was...
- be seen in a perimeter wall for Seaton Park in Old Aberdeen. The last Bedesman died in 1988. The Managers of the Hospital constituted a Charity, Bishop...
- c. 1783/1784 when a "... venerable Bedesman ... stood by Potter Row ..." begging. By Scott's time the term bedesman was synonymous with beggar or mendicant...
- Bunce, the senior bedesman at Hiram's Hospital, who supports Mr Harding retaining his position. Abel Handy, a scheming old bedesman, who is the originator...
- to it and under Ralph's shoe crouches the small figure of a bedesman. The bearded bedesman is telling his rosary for the souls of the departed. Ralph bears...
- Lord's Prayer, in which the congregation joins blue-gown – a beggar, a bedesman of the Scottish king, who wore a blue gown, the gift of the king, and had...
- "lay clerks" or occasionally "lay vicars" or "lay vicars choral". Choral Bedesman – Boston, Lincolnshire Johnson and Shoesmith, The Story of Hereford, 2016...
- medieval ballad in Middle Scots in 1790 Bedesman on Nydsyde and may have seen the Hermitage as a Bedesman's Cell. A bedesman was a person in medieval times who...
- Antiquary (1816) Created by Walter Scott In-universe information Gender Male Title Royal Bedesman Occupation Beggar Religion Presbyterian Nationality Scottish...
- to it and under Ralph's shoe crouches the small figure of a bedesman. The bearded bedesman is telling his rosary for the souls of the departed. Ralph bears...