单词 | beadsman |
释义 | beadsmann. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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