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English Dictionary: beadsman by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beadsman
n
  1. a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: beadsman, bedesman]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beadsman \Beads"man\, Bedesman \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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