Bedehouse

[A. S. bead, prayer, and house.] An alms-house; a dwelling-house formerly set apart for religious persons dwelling near the church, in which the founder was interred, and for whose soul they were required to pray. Bedel, ( bēd'l ,) n. [L. Lat. bedell us .) An officer of a university, whose functions resemble those of a marshal in heading proce ions of dignitaries, students, . This term is confined to Oxford and Cambridge universities, England. another.