beadsman
noun
a person who prays for another as a duty, especially when paid.
beadsmen
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pluralof beadsman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Behind the decrepit beadsmen came a long array of Canterbury canons, chaplains and dignitaries in all their robes, followed by pages carrying the maces of Canterbury and York and the cross of Canterbury.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behind the verger walked a cross-bearer, the Canterbury choristers and seven decrepit beadsmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thy very beadsmen learn to bend their bows Of double-fatal Yew against thy state.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson
The betters are the factious noise of the alley, or the gamesters beadsmen that pray for them.
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
Sir Stephen Scroop, when telling Richard of Bolingbroke’s revolt, declares that “Thy very beadsmen learn to bend their bows Of double-fatal yew against thy state.”
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger
