bedesman

bedesman

(ˈbiːdzmən)
n, pl -men
(Ecclesiastical Terms) a variant spelling of beadsman
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Noun1.bedesman - a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
beadsman
supplicant, prayer - someone who prays to God
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Joan Bayne had been a lady Bedesman at Durham Cathedral for three years when she died suddenly this autumn.
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