Found 2 items, similar to bedesman.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bedesman bedesman n : a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another [syn: beadsman]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bedesman Bedesman \Bedes"man\, n. Same as Beadsman. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Beadsman \Beads"man\, Bedesman \Bedes"man\, n.; pl. -men. A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. [1913 Webster] Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]