English Explanatory Dictionary

Beghard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the Brethren of the Free Spirit.

Pronunciation

/bəˈɡɑːɹd/

Word forms

Beghard Beghards Beguard

Etymology

From French bégard, béguard.

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