OriginBorrowed from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, bidellus, from Middle English bedel; cognate with beadle.
- historicalAn administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.
“Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts.”
“Next came the bedels and minor-bedels of all the Faculties, who by some accident were so jumbled together, that it was impossible to determine or arrange any order of precedence.[…] These bedels or gr”
Formsbedels(plural) · Bedels(plural)
Source: Wiktionary