Definitions

1. noun

a prayer or mass for a dead person, especially one for a soul in purgatory, or a donation or bequest to a church or charity

“The will specified a bequeathment to the local church in the form of a beede.”

2. noun

an old unit of land or area measurement in East Anglia, equivalent to about 120 acres

“The land was valued at several bedes in the local market.”