Definition of beadles Beadles
/biˈdʌlz/ - [beedulz] -
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What does beadles mean?
Wiktionary 
- beadles (Noun)
Plural of beadle.
Part of speech
🔤- beadles, noun, plural of beadle.
WordNet
NounPlural: beadles |
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| beadle - a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function | ||
| functionary, official someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling" | ||
| beadle - United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) | ||
| George Beadle, George Wells Beadle | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- beadle (v.)
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. - beadle (v.)
An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. - beadle (v.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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′leship, Bed′elship, the office of beadle or bedel. [A.S. bydel—béodan, to proclaim, to bid.]
Wikipedia 
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A beadle is someone who works at a church or a Jewish synagogue and helps the clergy. A beadle's main job is to show people to their seats and to keep order during church services.
Like many words that describe a person's job, the word beadle can also be used as a last name.
Part of speech
🔤- beadle, noun, singular of beadles.
