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Terms vs Beadsman - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and beadsman

is that terms is while beadsman is (lb) a petitioner; someone who seeks some type of favour from another, usually from a superior.

terms

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Noun

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    beadsman

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    * bedesman

    Noun

    (beadsmen)
  • (lb) A petitioner; someone who seeks some type of favour from another, usually from a superior.
  • A man employed in praying; especially one who prays for another.
  • (historical, England) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
  • * Fuller
    • Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God.
  • A public almsman; one who received alms from the king, and was expecyed in return to pay for the royal welfare and that of the state; a licensed beggar.
    • (Webster 1913)