bedel.
An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.
Meaning & usage
An 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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, bidellus, from Middle English bedel; cognate with beadle.
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