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beghard

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Beg⋅hard

  [beg-erd, buh-gahrd]
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–noun
a member of a former lay brotherhood, founded in Flanders in the 13th century, living after the manner of the Beguines.
Origin:
1650–60; < ML beghardus, equiv. to beg- (see Beguine ) + -hardus -ard
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