Bedrel vs. Bedel

Bedrelnoun

A bedridden person; a helpless cripple.

Bedreladjective

Bedridden.

Bedelnoun

(historical) 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.

Bedelnoun

Same as Beadle.

Bedel

The bedel (from medieval Latin pedellus or bidellus, occasionally bidellus generalis, from Old High German bital, pital, cognate with beadle) was, and is to some extent still, an administrative official at universities in several European countries, and often had a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.