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bid beads

bid beads verb: to pray with beads, in Roman Catholic fashion, distinguishing each bead by a prayer.

Verb

bid beads (third-person singular simple present bids beads, present participle bidding beads, simple past bade beads, past participle bidden beads)

  1. (archaic) To pray with beads, in Roman Catholic fashion, distinguishing each bead by a prayer.

Forms of bid beads

third-person singular presentbids beads
present participlebidding beads
pastbade beads
past participlebidden beads

Questions about bid beads

What does bid beads mean?
Bid beads means to pray with beads, in Roman Catholic fashion, distinguishing each bead by a prayer.
What part of speech is bid beads?
Bid beads is a verb.
What is the past tense of bid beads?
The past tense of bid beads is bade beads.

Words near bid beads in the dictionary

  1. bicystronic
  2. bicytopenia
  3. Bicăjel
  4. bid
  5. bid adieu
  6. bid beads
  7. bid defiance to
  8. bid down
  9. bid fair
  10. bid hook
  11. bid hooks

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