beadle /bēˈdl/

1. A mace-bearer, esp (Oxford and Cambridge Universities bedel or bedell /-delˈ or bēdˈ/) a vice-chancellor's
2. A minor official of a church, college, etc
3. Formerly, a parish officer with the power of punishing minor offenders
4. In Scotland, the church officer attending on the minister
5. A messenger or crier of a court (obsolete)

beadˈledom or beadˈlehood noun

Stupid officiousness

beadˈleship, bedˈelship or bedˈellship noun

The office of beadle or bedel

bedel¹ or bedell old spellings of beadle, still used at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

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