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The correct spelling is bedels. 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. For example: "Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts."

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Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts.

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noun

  1. 1.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.

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