Definition of beadle

• v. - A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.
• v. - An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students.
• v. - An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
• v. - A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.
• v. - An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students.
• v. - An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.