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beadle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | george beadle, george wells beadle |
beadle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | official, functionary |
Examples of beadle
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Beadle said as long as the weather pattern holds, conditions should be tolerable.
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Beadle was given Wallace's home phone number and the two men spent hours talking.
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Beadle faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
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Beadle expects the correction, when it occurs, to be in the 30 to 40 percent range.
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Beadle brandished that impressive staff and seemed like a man not afraid to use it.
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Beadle jabbed a finger in Ellis'direction, never looking away from the jury.
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Beadle faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
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Then the bagpipers led the beadle, acolyte and clergy out of the church while playing.
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Conner, Maycomb's ancient beadle, is partly responsible for Boo Radley's predicament.
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- A minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
- United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
- Beadle, sometimes spelled "bedel" is a pre-renaissance, Franco-English word derived from the Vulgar Latin "bidellus" or "bedellus", rooted in words for "herald".
- A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order; an attendant to the minister; a warrant officer
- Full time officials in the City of London with the responsibility for maintaining order during the day and organising the night watch in their ward of the city.
- A minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order at services and sometimes civil functions. Some parishes hired them to run the workhouse after the 1834 New Poor Law was passed as was the case with Bumble, the beadle in Oliver Twist.
- Manorial manager that collects seed at harvest for next year's crop.
- (n.): a minor city official, lower in rank than either a sheriff or a policeman, whose main duties revolve around preserving order at various civil functions such as trials and town hall meetings.
- A Parish constable, or a Parish official used to keep the peace or as an usher at weddings.
