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bedel

British  
/ ˈbiːdəl /

noun

  1. archaic spellings of beadle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This allowance was to be suspended during the absence from Oxford of any inferior bedel, whether occasioned by his own affairs or those of the University.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

The office of bedel was, of course, not confined to the Universities.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

Pedro de Uceda... é Antonio de Almaraz bedel, é otros muchos estudiantes y personas de la universidad é yo Bartme.

From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James

The Rector is to bring one scholar with him, and the Promotor two, to help "ad purgandum bejaunum," and the bajan is to invite a bedel and others.

From Life in the Medieval University by Rait, Robert S.

At Oxford, Eng., a cant name for a bedel.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer