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beads⋅man

  [beedz-muhn]
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–noun, plural -men. Archaic.
1. a person who prays for another as a duty, esp. when paid.
2. an inmate of a poorhouse; almsman.
Origin:
1200–50; bead's man man of prayer; r. ME bedeman. See bead, 's 1 , man 1
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beadsman

noun
a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another 
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