释义 |
beadledom|ˈbiːd(ə)ldəm| [see -dom.] The embodiment of the characteristics of beadles as a class; stupid officiousness and ‘red-tapeism.’
1860Temple Bar I. 80 The defeat of beadledom and vestrydom. 1861Blackw. Mag. 732 [Words] which serve to express the relationship supposed to exist between the higher and lower grades of English society. Flunkeyism, plush, beadledom, lordolatry. 1866Reader 15 Dec. 1006 At present we have too much beadledom on the episcopal bench. |