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单词 beadsman
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beadsmann.

Brit. /ˈbiːdzmən/, U.S. /ˈbidzmən/
Forms: Middle English beodemon, Middle English–1500s bedeman, Middle English–1600s bed-, 1500s beid-, bedys-, beids-, 1500s–1600s bead-, 1600s beades-, 1800s bede-, 1500s– bedesman, beadsman.
Etymology: Middle English beodeman, < bead n. + man n.1: with beadsman = bead's-man compare kinsman, craftsman, townsman, etc. The archaic spellings bedesman, bedeman, are also used as historical forms.
1. literal. A man of prayer; one who prays for the soul or spiritual welfare of another.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > prayer > [noun] > one who performs
beadsman?c1225
prayera1382
offerer1526
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 263 Beo þoðres beodesmen [a1250 Nero beodemon].
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxvii. 99 His Bede-men þai suld be..And pray for hym.
a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 10 Welcome, bischopis..Welcome, beidmen, my bliss & all my beld.
1538 H. Latimer Let. 24 Dec. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 413 The prior of Worcester, is your orator and beadsman.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. i. 18 Commend thy grieuance to my holy prayers, For I will be thy beades-man, Valentine. View more context for this quotation
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 58 As fervent..a Beadsman for your welfare.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. ii. 28 His friend and bedesman, Abbot Eadwine.
2.
a. One paid or endowed to pray for others; a pensioner or almsman charged with the duty of praying for the souls of his benefactors.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > prayer > [noun] > one who performs > paid
beadsmanc1540
hermita1616
c1540 Image Ipocrysy iv, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 440 Other smale mynisters, As reders and singers, Bedemen and bellringers.
1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. A4 He shall haue fortie pound of yeerely fee, And be my Beadsman.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 112 Thy very beadsmen learne to bend their bowes. View more context for this quotation
1726 London Gaz. No. 6458/5 John Hailes, a Beadsman of the Cathedral Church of Ely.
b. Hence in later times.
(a) in England: An almsman, an inmate of an almshouse; (so also beadswoman: see bead n. Compounds 1).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief
almsmanOE
beadsman?1529
almswoman1584
relievant1589
almsbasket mana1634
basket-scrambler1647
pensioner1690
pensionary1753
in-pensioner1761
pauper1775
tax-eater1818
colleger1886
soup-kitchener1907
reliefer1934
?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A7v Your poore sike lame and sore bedemen.
1582 in Bible (Rheims) Acts x. 21 (margin) The praise of our Almsfolkes and beadsmen may do us great good euen after our departure.
a1632 T. Dekker Wonder of Kingdome (1636) iv. ii. 72 To be a Beades-man in your Hospitall.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. i. 3 The decrepit old bedesmen in their black gowns.
1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. Beadsman..now used to denote almspeople in general, and prevalent at Guisborough, as applied to the inmates of the almshouses in that town.
(b) in Scotland: A public almsman or licensed beggar (into which position ‘the King's Bedesmen’ finally sank.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > licensed beggar
gaberlunzie1508
proctor1529
blue coat1583
blue gown1590
badgeman1668
beadsman1793
1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 163 Stranger, go! Heaven be thy guide! Quod the Beadsman of Nith-side.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. viii. 175 It wad na be creditable for me, that am the king's beadsman, and entitled to beg by word of mouth.
1829 W. Scott Antiquary (new ed.) Advt. p. ix These Bedesmen are an order of paupers to whom the Kings of Scotland were in the custom of distributing a certain alms..and who were expected in return to pray for the royal welfare and that of the state.
3. A messenger. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger
erendrakec825
bodec888
apostlec950
sand1038
sandesman1123
sanderbodec1200
bearer?c1225
errand-bearer?c1225
messenger?c1225
erindeberea1250
sand-manc1275
beadsman1377
herald1377
messagea1382
runnera1382
sendmana1400
interpreter1490
nuntius1534
post1535
pursuivant?1536
nuncius1573
nuncio1587
carrier1594
nunciate1596
mercury1597
chiaus1599
foreranger1612
postera1614
irisa1616
missivea1616
chouse1632
angela1637
caduceator1684
purpose messenger1702
errand-bringer1720
harkara1747
commissionaire1749
carrier pigeon1785
errander1803
errand-porter1818
tchaush1819
card carrier1845
errand-goer1864
choush1866
ghulam1882
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iii. 41 I shal assoille þe my-selue..And also be þi bedeman · and bere wel þi message.
4. A petitioner. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who petitions or appeals
beseecher1382
petitioner1414
suitor1414
orator1417
suppliantc1422
supplicant1475
soliciter1536
solicitor1551
oratricle1574
pleader1584
supplicationer1585
beggar1589
incaller?1591
supplicator1593
petitor1596
beadsman1600
impetrator1605
implorer1611
imploratora1616
replicant1622
invokera1649
prostrate1648
deprecator1656
appellant1704
memorialist1706
applicationer1710
postulant1733
invocant1751
solicitant1821
petitionist1822
memorializer1859
1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. B3 Poore foolish Blinkard, Beads-man vnto Christ, For restitution of long lacked sight.
1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. xli. 38 Having thus owned the continuing sovereignty of the king, before whom they presented themselves as beadsmen.
5. The term by which men used to designate or subscribe themselves in addressing their patrons and superiors, answering to the modern ‘humble servant’. (Cf. ‘your petitioners will ever pray,’ still retained at the end of petitions to Parliament.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > conventional or deferential
your servitorc1405
beadsman1420
your servant1438
your (most) obedient servant (etc.)1543
rest1572
respects1631
1420 George & Stokes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. iii. 29 I. 67 We ȝowr seruitours and bede men.
1485 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 49 Your bedman, Sir Tho. Betanson.
1529 T. Wolsey in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 11 Your dayly bedysman And assuryd friend, T. Carlis Ebor.
1535 A. Borde Let. 20 June in Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) Foreword 53 By þe hond of your saruantt and bedman Andrew Boord.
a1557 J. Cheke Let. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1769) I. 73 A dailye beadesman for you, and a right obedient subject.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1164/1 Your graces most bounden bedesman and seruant Edmund Boner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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