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beadsman 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another
  2. Bedesman, or beadsman (Med. Eng. bede, prayer, from O. Eng. biddan, to pray; literally "a man of prayer") was generally a pensioner or almsman whose duty it was to pray for his benefactor.