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- noun Plural form of
beadle .
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Examples
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I have some of em in Limbo Patrum, and there they are like to dance these three days; besides the running banquet of two beadles, that is to come.
Act V. Scene IV. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth 1914
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For medieval German Jews, the community as a whole or paid beadles were responsible for burial, and communal alms were given to the sick.
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The original beadles were all former members of Lord George Cavendish's regiment, the 10th Hussars.
Elegant Shopping: Burlington Arcade Hels 2009
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It is patrolled by Burlington Arcade beadles in over-the-top uniforms.
Elegant Shopping: Burlington Arcade Hels 2009
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The original beadles were all former members of Lord George Cavendish's regiment, the 10th Hussars.
Archive 2009-09-01 Hels 2009
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Thomas Dekker: At length a blind bear was tied to the stake, and instead of baiting him with dogs, a company of creatures that had the shapes of men and faces of Christians (being either colliers, carters, or watermen) took the office of beadles upon them, and whipped Monsieur Hunks till the blood ran down his old shoulders.
Felicitous Words : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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It is patrolled by Burlington Arcade beadles in over-the-top uniforms.
Archive 2009-09-01 Hels 2009
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Grey-headed beadles walk'd before, with wands as white as snow,
Songs of Innocence 2008
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Grey-headed beadles walk'd before, with wands as white as snow,
Songs of Innocence 2008
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Grey-headed beadles walk'd before, with wands as white as snow
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