Beghard

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Beghard

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Alternative forms

• Beguard

Etymology

From French bégard, béguard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈɡɑːɹd/

Noun

Beghard (plural Beghards)

1. (historical) 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.

   Coordinate terms: Beguin, Beguine

Translations

one of an association of religious laymen

Armenian: բեգարդ (begard) Catalan: begard m Esperanto: begardo French: bégard (fr) m German: Begard m, Begarde m Italian: begardo m Polish: begard (pl) m Spanish: begardo m

References

• “Beghard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• Beguines and Beghards on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gebhard