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bedes

bedes is the plural of bede.

Meaning of bede

Noun

bede (plural bedes)

  1. (obsolete) Prayer, request, supplication
    • Thus originated the alms-(or bede-) houses so frequently met with in the retired villages of England.1875 March, Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, volume 15, number 87
  2. (obsolete) Rosary.
    • In Pilgrimage from towne to towne: With offring and with Drilon: To them they bable on their bedes: That they may helpe them in their nedes.1566, Sir David Lindsay, A Dialogue betweene Experience and a Courtier

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Questions about bedes

What is bedes the plural of?
Bedes is the plural of bede.

Words near bedes in the dictionary

  1. bedenimed
  2. Bedeque and Area
  3. bederal
  4. bederals
  5. bederite
  6. bedes
  7. bedesman
  8. bedesmen
  9. bedesten
  10. bedestens
  11. bedeswoman

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