beadle

noun

bea·dle | \ ˈbē-dᵊl

Definition of beadle

: a minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order at services and sometimes civil functions

Examples of beadle in a Sentence

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Beadles picked up his 15-year-old son on the last day of school dressed like Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps – in an itty bitty Speedo. — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity.com, "Dad makes a splash by wearing a Speedo to pick up his son on the last day of school," 25 May 2017

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