bedralbederaln.

Brit.

/ˈbɛd(ə)rəl/, U.S.

/ˈbɛd(ə)rəl/, Scottish English

/ˈbɛd(ə)rəl/

Forms: Also bethral, bethrel, betheral, betherel.

Etymology: Apparently a corruption of beadle n.: the ending may be due to form-association.

Scottish.

A church officer in Scotland with duties akin to, but not identical with, those of the English beadle, often combining those of clerk, sexton, and bell-ringer.

ΚΠ

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xvi. 314 Put in auld Elspith the bedral's widow—the like o' them's used wi' graves and ghaists and thae things.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lxxiii. 89 Black Edward's helm, and Becket's bloody stone, Were pointed out as usual by the Bedral.

1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xi. 189 The dominie was sitting..opposite the auld betherel.

Derivatives

bethrelian adj. Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) Introd. 36 The esprit de corps of the bethrelian mind.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bedral
释义	bedralbederaln. Brit. /ˈbɛd(ə)rəl/, U.S. /ˈbɛd(ə)rəl/, Scottish English /ˈbɛd(ə)rəl/ Forms: Also bethral, bethrel, betheral, betherel. Etymology: Apparently a corruption of beadle n.: the ending may be due to form-association. Scottish. A church officer in Scotland with duties akin to, but not identical with, those of the English beadle, often combining those of clerk, sexton, and bell-ringer. ΚΠ 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xvi. 314 Put in auld Elspith the bedral's widow—the like o' them's used wi' graves and ghaists and thae things. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lxxiii. 89 Black Edward's helm, and Becket's bloody stone, Were pointed out as usual by the Bedral. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xi. 189 The dominie was sitting..opposite the auld betherel. Derivatives bethrelian adj. Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) Introd. 36 The esprit de corps of the bethrelian mind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1815
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