Beghard

English

Alternative forms

• Beguard

Etymology

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

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Further reading

• Beguines and Beghards on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gebhard