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beadle
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synonyms: sexton, sacristan, verger ???
tags: [christianity]
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Definition:a subordinate parish officer with various duties
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the beadle spread before the lectern in the middle of the church a piece of pink silken stuff,
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The keeper, who is at once gravedigger and church beadle (thus making a double profit out of the parish corpses), has taken advantage of the unused plot of ground to plant potatoes there. From year to year, however, his small field grows smaller, and when there is an epidemic, he does not know whether to rejoice at the deaths or regret the burials.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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The coroner, in Mr. Wopsle's hands, became Timon of Athens; the beadle, Coriolanus. He enjoyed himself thoroughly, and we all enjoyed ourselves, and were delightfully comfortable. In this cosey state of mind we came to the verdict Wilful Murder.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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