Definitions for Beadsman
beads·man

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beadsman, bedesmannoun

   a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beadsmannoun

   A man employed in praying, generally in praying for another.

   Etymology: from bead and man.

   An holy hospital,
   In which seven beadsmen, that had vowed all
   Their life to service of high heaven’s king. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   In thy danger,
   Commend thy grievance to my holy prayer;
   For I will be thy beadsman, Valentine. William Shakespeare, T. Gentl. of Ver.

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1. Beadsman

   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 generally a pensioner or almsman whose duty was to pray for his benefactor.

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1. beadsman

   A beadsman is a person who prays for another as a duty, usually in return for charity or alms. Historically, it was often a poor elderly man who was hired to pray for the soul of deceased persons, particularly in the context of Christianity and Catholicism. The term originates from the notion of using beads for prayer, such as in a rosary.

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1. Beadsmannoun

   alt. of Bedesman

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1. Beadsman

   Bedesman, or beadsman was generally a pensioner or almsman whose duty it was to pray for his benefactor. In Scotland there were public almsmen supported by the king and expected in return to pray for his welfare and that of the state. These men wore long blue gowns with a pewter badge on the right arm, and were nicknamed Blue Gowns. Their number corresponded to the king's years, an extra one being added each royal birthday. They were privileged to ask alms throughout Scotland. On the king's birthday each bedesman received a new blue gown, a loaf, a bottle of ale, and a leathern purse containing a penny for every year of the king's life. On the pewter badge which they wore were their name and the words "pass and repass," which authorized them to ask alms. The last beadsman died in Aberdeen in 1988. In consequence of its use in this general sense of pensioner, "bedesman" was long used in English as equivalent to "servant." The word had a special sense as the name for those almsmen attached to cathedrals and other churches, whose duty it was to pray for the souls of deceased benefactors. A relic of pre-Reformation times, these old men still figure in the accounts of English cathedrals.

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How to pronounce Beadsman?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Beadsman in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Beadsman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Beadsman
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Beadsman
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beadsman
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Beadsman
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Beadsman