beadsmanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From earlier bedeman, from Middle English bedeman (“a petitioner”), equivalent to bead (“request, petition, prayer”) +‎ -man.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːdzmən/

名詞

beadsman (複数形 beadsmen)

1. (historical) A petitioner; someone who seeks some type of favour from another, usually from a superior.
2. A man employed in praying; especially one who prays for another.
   • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 499:

     Good Lord Cromwell, stand my friend: exert yourself for Thomas Howard, who is your daily beadsman, your debtor for life.

3. (historical, England) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

     Whereby ye shall bind me to be […] your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God.

4. (Scotland, historical) A public almsman; one who received alms from the king, and was expected in return to pray for the royal welfare and that of the state; a licensed beggar.

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