: a minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order at services and sometimes civil functions
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To the beadles, this is a workplace; to the tourist, an Instagrammable spectacle; to the pilgrim, a place of prayer.
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Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
Robinson, an amiable man in his mid-50s, is a Westminster Abbey beadle.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
The towers were completed in the mid-18th century; a beadle rising in the morning to raise the flag must first climb 315 steps.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
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Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
Robinson, an amiable man in his mid-50s, is a Westminster Abbey beadle.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
The towers were completed in the mid-18th century; a beadle rising in the morning to raise the flag must first climb 315 steps.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
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“Beadle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beadle. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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