Beghard

English

Alternative forms

Beguard

Etymology

From French bégard, béguard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəˈɡɑːɹd/

Noun

Beghard (plural Beghards)

(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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Beghard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Gebhard