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beadlery

beadlery noun: the office or jurisdiction of a beadle.

Noun

beadlery (plural beadleries)

  1. The office or jurisdiction of a beadle.

Forms of beadlery

pluralbeadleries
alternative form (obsolete)bedelry

Origin of beadlery

From Middle English bedelarie, bedlarie; equivalent to beadle + -ry.

Questions about beadlery

What does beadlery mean?
Beadlery means the office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
What part of speech is beadlery?
Beadlery is a noun.
What is the plural of beadlery?
The plural of beadlery is beadleries.

Words near beadlery in the dictionary

  1. beadledom
  2. beadledoms
  3. beadlehood
  4. beadleism
  5. beadleries
  6. beadlery
  7. beadles
  8. Beadleses
  9. beadleship
  10. beadless
  11. beadlet

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