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Alternate spellings[edit]

Surely 'sometimes spelled "beadelledel"' is an error. Beadel, bedell and bedel can be in found in some older sources, but "beadelledel" is nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.67.125.54 (talk) 15:31, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

Just removed the following lame vandalisation:

John McLaughlin, the sometimes mischievous host of The McLaughlin Group, used to call former panelist Fred Barnes "The Beadle", for reasons best known to himself. McLaughlin's use of the term may well derive from his exprience as a Jesuit, since the term "Beadle" (Latin, "bidellus") is used to refer to a student officer appointed by the master in each class to perform certain tasks in the classroom, such as answering the door, distributing materials, speaking for the class, and throwing themselves on hand grenades in case of a terrorist attack.

The culprit was 69.173.149.3

--Dan 15:05, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Hospital Beadles[edit]

St Thomas's Hospital in London, which as an institution dates back to the 12th century, also has a Beadle. When I visited in the 1990s he seemed to be the official in charge of the porters and security staff. I have not come across Beadles in any other hospitals. NRPanikker (talk) 21:18, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ely Place beadles[edit]

The article makes the claim that, in respect of Ely Place, "police cannot enter the street without the beadle's permission". As it is a private road, this is no more true than it is for any other piece of private land, and should the police have a warrant they would of course be able to enter without requiring permission. I therefore propose removing this part as it is misleading. ninety:one 15:41, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, and in addition, I think the idea that Ely Place is historically part of Cambridgeshire sounds like one of those "fun facts" that is more fun than factual. I've removed the whole bit about Ely Place, and I think we should ask for a better source than "London's Strangest Tales" before we put back the Cambridgeshire factoid. SpaceHamsterBoo (talk) 19:44, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Use in Judaism[edit]

I am wondering if the term is antiquated or regional when used in a Jewish context. Here in the United States (which has the largest population of Jews who speak English as a first language), I have never heard this term used, and as a religiously observant Jew I have traveled to a number of Jewish communities within the eastern United States (both orthodox and non-orthodox).

Instead I have heard "gabbai" used almost exclusively. Occasionally I have heard the term "shamesh" (although this term seems to have fallen out of favor in the past generation or two). There are also some slight nuances between the terms "shamesh" (which has more of a caretaker connotation) and "gabbai" (which is more of a connotation of arranging/directing the smooth ritual functioning of minyanim (public prayer services) and kriyas Torah (the public reading of the Torah during minyanim).

74.83.104.136 (talk) 23:56, 20 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]