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BEADSMAN (beadsmen)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beadsman mean? 

BEADSMAN (noun)
  The noun BEADSMAN has 1 sense:

1. a person who is paid to pray for the soul of anotherplay

  Familiarity information: BEADSMAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEADSMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

beadsman; bedesman

Hypernyms ("beadsman" is a kind of...):

prayer; supplicant (someone who prays to God)


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