beadsman
Americannoun
plural
beadsmen-
a person who prays for another as a duty, especially when paid.
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an inmate of a poorhouse; almsman.
noun
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a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
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a person kept in an almshouse
Etymology
Origin of beadsman
1200–50; bead's man man of prayer; replacing Middle English bedeman. See bead, 's 1, man
Example Sentences
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Goddess! vouchsafe this aged man his right, To be your beadsman now that Was your knight.”
From Bacon and Shakspere by Burr, William Henry
"It maun be!—it maun be!" responded the beadsman, as he stood by the dark walls of Falconcleugh mansion, and seemed to hesitate.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh
What can be better touched than the figures of the beadsman and the old nurse Angela?
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
It was too dark for Leslie to ascertain who it was; but the words "Escape—fly," repeated hurriedly, satisfied him that it was the beadsman who was thus making an effort to save him.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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