Lollard

See also: lollard

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, possibly from or influenced by Dutch lollen (“to mumble”). Other origins have been proposed; see Lollardy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɒlɑː(ɹ)d/

Noun

Lollard (plural Lollards)

1. (historical) A member of a sect of early reformers in Germany.
2. (historical) A Wycliffite.
   • 1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC, pages 57–58:

     [H]e, a lollard indeed over his elbovv-cuſhion, in almoſt the ſeaventh part of 40. or 50. years teaches them ſcarce half the principles of religion; and his ſheep oft-times ſit the vvhile to as little purpoſe of benifiting as the ſheep in thir pues at Smithfield; […]

   • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 427:

     ‘She died for Wyclif’s book. It was an old Bible. She was what they call a Lollard.’

Derived terms

• Lollardian
• Lollardism
• Lollardist
• Lollardize
• Lollardry
• Lollardy

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “Lollard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Translations

Translations

• French: lollard (fr)
• Italian: lollardo

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.