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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Bedes"man (?), n.
Same as Beadsman.
[Obs.]
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