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Bede, The Venerable (672 -735 ) Doctor of the Church . Historian, born Jarrow, England ; died there. A disciple of Saint Benedict Biscop, he was ordained, 702 , and remained at Jarrow for the rest of his life, studying and writing. He gained the reputation of being the most learned man of his day; … Continue reading “Bede The Venerable”

bede-roll A list of persons to be prayed for; a catalog; a rosary. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

bede house At first a place of prayer, oratory, then almshouse . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Bede-hous is an almshouse, so called because in ancient times the statutes by which such institutions were governed usually provided that the inmates should piously recite their beads daily for the well-being, whether alive or departed this life, of the founder or founders. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bede College Rome, founded, 1852 , by Pius IX for converted Anglican clergymen who wished to prepare for the priesthood. It was united to the English College, 1898 , during the reign of Leo XIII, but separated in 1917 . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

bede Old English word for prayer; hence, the name bead given to little perforated globes of bone, amber, glass, etc., threaded on a string, by which prayers are counted. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Bede (Or BEAD, whence Bedehouse, Bedesman, Bederoll). The old English word bede (Anglo-Saxon bed) means a prayer, though the derivative form, gebed, … Continue reading “Bede (3)”

Beddome, Benjamin an English Baptist minister, was born Jan. 23. 1717. his father being also a Baptist minister. He was baptized in London in 1738, and in 1746 became pastor of a Church in Bourton-on-the-Water. Some time after this he had a severe illness, upon his recovery from which he wrote a hymn found in … Continue reading “Beddome, Benjamin”

Bedchamber (Bed-chamber) The room set apart for sleeping in; being placed in the most retired position it became symbolical of the utmost privacy. 2Ki 6:12; Ecc 10:20. Joash was hid in a bed-chamber, or a room adapted to that purpose, apparently connected with the temple. 2Ki 11:2. Travellers however, in the East, often have to … Continue reading “Bedchamber (Bed-chamber)”

Bedchamber ( , room of the beds, 2Ki 11:2; 2Ch 22:11; elsewhere , sleeping-room, Exo 8:3; 2Sa 4:7; 2Ki 6:12; Ecc 10:20). Bedrooms in the East consist of an apartment furnished with a divan, or dais, which is a slightly elevated platform at the upper end, and often along the sides of the room. On … Continue reading “Bedchamber”

Bedawi (plur. Bedawin, French Bedouin) is the Arabic term for a dweller in tents, in distinction from the fellahin, or fixed cultivators of the soil. SEE ARABIA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature