(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:04:25

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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