beadlery

[Eng. beadle -ry.] The office or jurisdiction of a beadle. ( Blount .) bea'-dle-ship, s. [Eng. beadle, and suffix -ship.] The office or functions of a beadle. "There was convocation for the election of his succe or in the beadleship ."-A. Wood: Athen. Ozon,