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Bedesman

noun
(pl. bedesmen)
1.
A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another.  Synonym: beadsman.





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"Bedesman" Quotes from Famous Books



... was not alive to much enthusiasm. Even these golden prospects did not arouse him to do more than rub his poor old bleared eyes with the cuff of his bedesman's gown, and gently mutter: "he didn't know, ...
— The Warden • Anthony Trollope


Words linked to "Bedesman" :   supplicant, prayer


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