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Thomas Abel — Infobox Saint name=Blessed Thomas Abel birth date=c. 1497 death date=death date|1540|7|30|df=y feast day= venerated in=Roman Catholicism imagesize= caption= birth place=unknown death place= titles= beatified date=29 December 1886 beatified place … Wikipedia
Wiclef — (Wiclif, Wickliffe, Wicliffe, Wyclif Wycliffe), Johann, geb. angeblich 1324 zu Spraswell od. zu Hipswell od. zu Wiclif bei Richmond in Yorkshire; er soll seit 1340 in Oxford studirt haben u. Fellow von Merton College gewesen sein; 1361 war er… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
beadsman — /beedz meuhn/, n., pl. beadsmen. Archaic. 1. a person who prays for another as a duty, esp. when paid. 2. an inmate of a poorhouse; almsman. [1200 50; bead s man man of prayer; r. ME bedeman. See BEAD, S1, MAN1] * * * … Universalium
Blessed Thomas Abel — Bl. Thomas Abel † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bl. Thomas Abel (Also ABLE, or ABELL.) Priest and martyr, born about 1497; died 30 July, 1540. He was chaplain to Queen Catharine, and defender of the validity of her marriage with Henry… … Catholic encyclopedia
Beadman — This interesting and long established surname is of early medieval English origin, and belongs to that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These nicknames were originally given … Surnames reference
beadsman — [bēdz′mən] n. pl. beadsmen [bēdz′mən] [ME bedeman < bede, prayer (see BEAD) + man,MAN] Obs. 1. a person who prays for another, esp. one paid to do so 2. a person in a poorhouse … English World dictionary
bedesman — noun a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another • Syn: ↑beadsman • Hypernyms: ↑prayer, ↑supplicant * * * or bedeman variant of beadsman * * * bedesˈman … Useful english dictionary
