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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel OF bedel, F. bedeau fr OHG. butil putil, G. b["u]ttel, fr OHG. biotan G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS bydel the same word as OHG. butil See {Bid}, v.] 1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an {apparitor} or {summoner}. 2. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.] Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved. 3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: beadle n : a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services
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