Beghard

[ beg-erd, buh-gahrd ]

noun

1. a member of a former lay brotherhood, founded in Flanders in the 13th century, living after the manner of the Beguines.

Beghard

/ bɪˈɡɑːd; ˈbɛɡəd /

noun

1. a member of a Christian brotherhood that was founded in Flanders in the 13th century and followed a life based on that of the Beguines Also calledBeguin

Word History and Origins

Origin of Beghard¹

1650–60; < Medieval Latin beghardus, equivalent to beg- ( Beguine ) + -hardus -ard

Word History and Origins

Origin of Beghard¹

C17: from Medieval Latin beghardus , from Beg ( uine ) + -ard ; compare Old French bégard , Middle Dutch beggaert , Middle High German beghart

Example Sentences

Walter, known as the Lollard, was a Hollander, and was the most active and successful of the Beghard missionaries.

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From Angermünde Friar Jordan seems to have hastened to Erfurt, where he was present at the trial of a Beghard named Constantine, though the proceedings were carried on by the vicar of the Archbishop of Mainz.

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There is no proof even that he was concerned in the condemnation of the Beghard heresiarch Berthold von Rohrback, who in 1356 expiated his heresy in the flames.

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A leading feature of the Beghard propaganda was the circulation among the laity of written tracts and devotional works.

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Not long after a similar martyrdom occurred at Constance, where a Beghard, named Burgin, had founded a sect of extreme austerity.

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