Dictionary entry

Beadsman

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Beads″man, Bedes″man } (�), n.; pl.-men (�). A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.

Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God.

Fuller.

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