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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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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.

Noun.

Same as

[Obs.]

bedesman ‎(plural bedesmen)