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"Beadsman"
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pray
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almsman
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soul
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biddan
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bede
A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
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a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
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Bedesman, or beadsman (Med. Eng. bede, prayer, from O. Eng. biddan, to pray; literally "a man of prayer"), generally a pensioner or almsman whose duty it was to pray for his benefactor.
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