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Definition: Beadsman |
BeadsmanNoun1. A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "beadsman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1819. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Beadsman or Bedesman. An inhabitant of an almshouse; so called because in Catholic times most charities of this class were instituted that the inmates might "pray for the soul of the founder." (See Bead. ) "Seated with some grey beadsman." Crabbe: Borough. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: BeadsmanSynonym: bedesman (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer; canon regular, canon secular; Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites; Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite; Augustinian; Gilbertine; Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars; Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine; Templar, Hospitaler; Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite. |
Servant | Serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman; bondslave; ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe; villian, villein; beadsman, bedesman; sizar; pensioner, pensionary; client; dependant, dependent; hanger on, satellite; parasite; (servility); led captain; protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Beadsman |
| English words defined with "beadsman": Bedeswoman, Bluegown. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "beadsman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | böneman. (various references) | |
Turkish | duahan, duacı (prayer). (various references) | |
Ukranian | мешканець богадельні. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Beadsman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Badastan, badman, beadman, beasain, bedesmen, byrdsian, Meadsman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-m-n-s" | |
-1 letter: anadems, baseman, beadman, bedamns, maenads, sambaed. | |
-2 letters: abased, ameban, amebas, amends, anadem, badman, badmen, bedamn, damans, desman, maenad, menads, seaman. | |
-3 letters: abase, abeam, adman, admen, ameba, amend, amens, ansae, baaed, bands, baned, banes, based, beads, beams, beans, bemas, bends, daman, dames, damns, deans, mabes, manas, maned, manes, manse, meads, means, menad, mends, mensa, nabes, nadas, named, names, nemas, sabed, samba, saned, sedan. | |
-4 letters: abas, abed, amas, amen, anas, ands, anes, ansa, asea, baas, bade, bads, bams, band, bane, bans, base, bead, beam, bean, beds, bema, bend, bens, dabs, dame, damn, dams, dean, debs, dens, ends, mabe, made, mads, maes, mana, mane, mans, mead, mean, mend, mesa, nabe, nabs, nada, name, nebs, nema, sabe, sade, same, sand, sane, seam, send, sned. | |
-5 letters: aas, aba, abs, ads, ama, ana, and, ane, baa, bad, bam, ban, bas, bed, ben, dab, dam, deb, den, eds, ems, end, ens, mad, mae, man, mas, med, men, nab, nae, nam, neb, sab, sad, sae, sea, sen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-m-n-s" | |
+1 letter: endamebas. | |
+2 letters: bandmaster, endamoebas. | |
+3 letters: bandmasters, misbalanced. | |
+4 letters: abandonments, barramundies, candelabrums, damnableness, dermabrasion. | |
+5 letters: administrable, admirableness, dermabrasions, rhabdomancers, rhabdomancies, somnambulated, unembarrassed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 61 64 73 6D 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . .- -.. ... -- .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100001 01100100 01110011 01101101 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e a d s m a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0061 0064 0073 006D 0061 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3671677085796780 |
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