bedel

2 definitions found

bedel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bedel \Be"del\, Bedell \Be"dell\, n.
     Same as Beadle.
     [1913 Webster]

bedel - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  BEDEL, Eng. law. A cryer or messenger of a court, who cites men to appear 
  and answer. There are also inferior officers of a parish or liberty who bear 
  this name.