Definitionn. a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function
Last update: July 21, 2015
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APPARITOR, or Apparator (Latin for a servant of a public official, from apparere, to attend in public), an attendant who executed the orders of a Roman magistrate; hence a beadle in a university, a pursuivant or herald; particularly, in English ecclesiastical courts, the official who serves the processes of the court and causes defendants to appear by summons. [Please select]
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Wopsle's hands, became Timon of Athens; the beadle, Coriolanus. [Please select]
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Even that mighty official, the beadle at the door, unfastened the handle of the millionaire's carriage. [Please select]
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"She wudna daur," broke in Whinny, "an' him the beadle."' [Please select]
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Scrope, the Beadle, over the churchyard wall--knocked down Jeremy Tullinger, the Watchman, an' then--went to sleep.' [Please select]
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I ain't a parson--no, not even a clerk, or a parish beadle. [Please select]
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Beadle gave an account[2] of a visit he made to the canyon. [Please select]
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