beadle:
(plural: ‘beadles‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘ea’ are said with an ‘e’ sound as in “bee”)
Tony Parker, beadle, London
(old usage) an officer in the past who helped a priest in keeping order in a church and in giving alms (money) to the poor, etc.;
(in Jewish religion) an attendant who looked after a synagogue, the Jewish place of worship;
a uniformed officer who leads university processions or help to keep order on the university campus;
(less commonly) a soldier in an army,
Asa Kacham, beadle, Dalhousie University
In the Church of Scotland, the title ‘beadle’ is used for a person who attends the minister during divine services as an assistant. (from Dictionary 3.0)
The title beadle is also used for a messenger or crier of a court who calls in people to appear and answer before the judge.
When referring to a university beadle who leads public processions of officers and students, the title ‘beadle’ is usually spelled in the old fashioned way: ‘bedel’ in Oxford and ‘bedell’ in Cambridge.
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