Definitions for beadle
ˈbid lbea·dle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beadlenoun

   a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function

2. Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadlenoun

   United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beadlenoun

   a parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order

2. beadlenoun

   an attendant to the minister

3. beadlenoun

   a warrant officer

4. Etymology: From bedel, from bydel, from budilaz, from beudanan, from bʰewdʰ-. Akin to butil, (whence Büttel), beodan. More at bid.

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

1. Beadlenoun

   1.A messenger or servitor belonging to a court. John Cowell

   Etymology: bydel, Sax. a messenger; bedeau, Fr. bedel, Sp. bedelle, Dutch.

   2. A petty officer in parishes, whose business it is to punish petty offenders.

   A dog’s obey’d in office.
   Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand:
   Why dost thou lash that whore? William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   They ought to be taken care of in this condition, either by the beadle or the magistrate. Spectator, №. 130.

   Their common loves, a lewd abandon’d pack,
   The beadle’s lash still flagrant on their back. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beadle

   A beadle is a minor official in a church or synagogue who carries out various duties such as maintaining order during services, taking care of the building and its contents, or assisting in religious ceremonies. In the past, they also often served in civic roles in a town or parish, such as enforcing local regulations or acting as a town crier. The term is primarily used in the United Kingdom and in religious Jewish communities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Beadle

   a messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner

2. Beadle

   an officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students

3. Beadle

   an inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Beadle

   Beadle, sometimes spelled "bedel," is a lay official of a church or synagogue who may usher, keep order, make reports, and assist in religious functions; or a minor official who carries out various civil, educational, or ceremonial duties. The term has Franco-English pre-renaissance origins, derived from the Vulgar Latin "bidellus" or "bedellus", rooted in words for "herald". It moved into Old English as a title given to an Anglo-Saxon officer who summoned householders to council.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beadle

   bēd′l, n. a mace-bearer (esp. of the 'bedels' or 'bedells,' official attendants of the Oxford and Cambridge vice-chancellors): a petty officer of a church, college, parish, &c.: a parish officer with the power of punishing petty offenders: in Scotland, used of the 'church-officer' attending on the clergyman: (obs.) a messenger or crier of a court.—ns. Bead′ledom, Bead′lehood, stupid officiousness; Bead&primprime;leship, Bed′elship, the office of beadle or bedel. [A.S. bydel—béodan, to proclaim, to bid.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BEADLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Beadle is ranked #8277 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Beadle surname appeared 4,005 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Beadle.
   
   87.5% or 3,508 total occurrences were White.
   6.8% or 274 total occurrences were Black.
   3% or 120 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 70 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 17 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 16 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Biologist
   • Official

How to pronounce beadle?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say beadle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of beadle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of beadle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of beadle in a Sentence

1. Clay Travis:

   Before they pay anybody else, before they pay for all of the facility. Before they pay for anything, they have to get to $14.6 million in advertising revenue just to justify being able to make $100,000 on this show, there are going to be a lot of ESPN employees that watch this show and they’re going to sit around and say: ‘Wait a minute. They fired hundreds of people at this company. How many of them could they have kept and let Michelle Beadle go?’.

2. Clay Travis:

   This is an intriguing financial decision. … I am all in favor of guys, and girls, making as much money in our industry as they possible can, i’m not sure there has ever been a more over-paid member of the sports media in the history of sports on television than Michelle Beadle.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=beadle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Beadle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=beadle
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beadle
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=beadle
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=beadle
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html