Bedesmen

/ˈbɛdzmən/ noun

Plural of bedesman; multiple men employed to pray for benefactors' souls.

Plural of bedesman, formed by adding -en in Middle English (a variant of the -men plural). Both forms derive from bede (prayer) and man.

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