beadlehoodn.
The state or dignity of a beadle.
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1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xvii. 273 Mr. Bumble..was in the full bloom and pride of beadleism. [Later edd. read ‘beadledom,’ and ‘beadlehood.’ The latter is in the C.D. ed.]
Derivatives
beadleism n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > beadle > position or function of
beadleship1613
beadlery1628
beadleism1838
beadle-office1876
1838Beadleism [see main sense].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.1838- to do penance
- to do pleasing
- to do pooly
- to do puja
- to do quodlibets
- to do reason
- to do refuge
- to do reverence
- to do reverence to
- to do right
- to do right by
- to do right with
- to do right with a person
- to do rine
- to do satisfaction
- to do scathe
- to do scorn
- to do service
- to do service as
- to do shame
- to do sharesies
- to do shipping
- to do shond
- to do shrift
- to do someone a bad turn