beadsman 的定义
plural beads·men.Archaic.
- a person who prays for another as a duty, especially when paid.
- an inmate of a poorhouse; almsman.
更多beadsman例句
- What can be better touched than the figures of the beadsman and the old nurse Angela?
- A beadsman was an inmate of an almshouse who was bound to pray for the founders of the house.
- "Only Carey, the wandering beadsman of Pittenweem," replied the son.
- Henry followed the beadsman, who hurried on towards Falconcleugh.
- A beadsman, it is scarcely requisite to remark, is an individual who is bound to pray for the person by whom he is supported.