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beadleship|ˈbiːd(ə)lʃɪp|
Also bedel(l)ship.
[see -ship.]
The office of beadle.
1613Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 106 The grant of a stewardship, Bedleship, Bailiwicke, or other offices. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. /271 He..was turn'd out of his Beadleship in the year following. 1870Daily News 1 Feb., I should have no objection to the beadleship of any City company which arrays its minion in specially gorgeous attire. 1873Ibid. 22 Sept. 3/5 Cambridge, Sept. 20. The Esquire Bedellship..Mr. Miller resigns the office of Junior Esquire Bedell. |
