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1 beadsman -- rank: 1000

beadsman definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a person ... is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: beadsman, bedesman] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 13th century archaic one ... 2 an inmate of an almshouse. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beadsman Beads"man, Bedesman Bedes"man, n.; pl. -men. A poor ... almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. --Fuller. Soule's Dictionary of ...

2 Hermit -- rank: 526

... for the purpose of religious contemplation and devotion. 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... lives in solitude especially for religious reasons ; recluse b. obsolete beadsman 2. a spiced molasses cookie • hermitism noun Oxford Reference Dictionary ... hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. --Addison. 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] ``We rest your ... Trappist, Waldensian, abbacomes, abbot, abstainer, alien, anchoress, anchoret, anchorite, ascetic, beadsman, bedridden invalid, bhikshu, brother, caloyer, case, celibate, cenobite, character, cloistered ...

3 bedesman -- rank: 526

... is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: beadsman, bedesman] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bedesman Bedes"man, n. Same as Beadsman. [Obs.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beadsman Beads"man, Bedesman Bedes"man, n.; pl. -men. A poor ... almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. --Fuller.

4 -men -- rank: 358

... man who prepares or sells tripe. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Beadsman Beads"man, Bedesman Bedes"man, n.; pl. -men. A poor ... almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. --Fuller. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ...

5 Beadswoman -- rank: 358

... an, Bedeswoman Bedes"wom`an, n.; pl. -women. Fem. of Beadsman. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. See beadsman

6 Pilgrim -- rank: 226

... Sojourner, traveller. Moby Thesaurus abbacomes, abbot, adventurer, alpinist, ascetic, astronaut, beadsman, brother, caloyer, camper, celibate, cenobite, climber, comers and goers, commuter ...

7 Petitioner -- rank: 226

... Moby Thesaurus accusant, accuser, adorer, allegator, appellant, applicant, asker, aspirant, beadsman, beggar, bidder, candidate, celebrant, chapelgoer, churchgoer, claimant, communicant, complainant, congregation ...

8 Idolater -- rank: 226

... admirer, adorer, allotheist, amateur, animal worshiper, animist, anthropolater, arborolater, archaeolater, beadsman, booster, buff, celebrant, chapelgoer, chthonian, churchgoer, collector, communicant, congregation, daily ...

9 Hermit warbler -- rank: 226

... hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. --Addison. 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] ``We rest your ...

10 hermit thrush -- rank: 226

... hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. --Addison. 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] ``We rest your ...

11 hermit crab -- rank: 226

... hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. --Addison. 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] ``We rest your ...

12 Monk -- rank: 226

... COUNT Moby Thesaurus Cape polecat, abbacomes, abbot, ape, ascetic, bar, beadsman, bear, brother, caloyer, cavy, celibataire, celibate, cenobite, chimp, chimpanzee, coenobite ...

13 Monastic -- rank: 226

... cenobitic, cenobitical. 2. Secluded, recluse. Moby Thesaurus abbacomes, abbot, ascetic, beadsman, brother, caloyer, celibataire, celibate, cenobite, claustral, cloistered, conventical, conventual, conventual ...

14 Mendicant -- rank: 226

... Trappist, Waldensian, abbacomes, abbot, abstainer, abstinent, anchorite, anchoritic, ascetic, austere, beadsman, beggar, beggared, beggarly, begging, bereaved, bereft, bhikshu, brother, bum, bummer ...

15 Friar -- rank: 226

... Catholic religious orders. N-COUNT Moby Thesaurus abbacomes, abbot, ascetic, beadsman, brother, caloyer, celibate, cenobite, conventual, conventual prior, grand prior, hermit ...