beadsman one who prays for the welfare of
another,—a prayer-man, THE TWO
GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, i. 1. 18;
“beadsmen,”
RICHARD II., iii. 2. 116.
(
“Bead, says Tooke, in the
A. S. Beade, oratio, something prayed—because one was dropped down a string every time a prayer
was said, and thereby marked upon the string the number of times prayed.”
Richardson's Dict.
)
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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