Beghard

American  

[beg-erd, buh-gahrd] / ˈbɛg ərd, bəˈgɑrd /

noun

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

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Beghard British  

/ bɪˈɡɑːd, ˈbɛɡəd /

noun

1. Also called: Beguin.  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

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Etymology

Origin of Beghard

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

Example Sentences

In popular use the words Lollard and Beghard were virtually convertible, and yet there is a difference between them.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

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

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

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

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

He doubtless brought with him the revolutionary ideas of the Hussites, and he seems to have entered into an alliance with the parish priest and a Mendicant Friar or Beghard.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

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

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles