beadlery

English

Alternative forms

• bedelry (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English bedelarie, bedlarie; equivalent to beadle +‎ -ry.

Noun

beadlery (plural beadleries)

1. The office or jurisdiction of a beadle.

References

• “beadlery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.