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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 bedesman
 為施主祈禱者;乞丐
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Beads·man, 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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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Bedes·man n. Same as Beadsman. [Obs.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 bedesman
      n : a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: beadsman]