ərd noun
an English or Scottish follower of the religious teachings of John Wycliffe from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
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| —n | |
| English history a follower of John Wycliffe during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries | |
| [C14: from Middle Dutch; mutterer, from lollen to mumble (prayers)] | |
| 'Lollardy | |
| —n | |
| 'Lollardry | |
| —n | |
| 'Lollardism | |
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Lollard
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Lollard
late 14c. (in Chaucer, Loller, c.1386), from M.Du. lollaerd, applied pejoratively to members of reforming sects c.1300 who devoted themselves to the care of the sick and poor, lit. "mumbler, mutterer," so called by critics who regarded them as heretics pretending to humble piety, from lollen "to mumble
or doze." Generic late M.E. term for groups suspected of heresy, esp. followers of John Wycliffe.
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