Etymology

Beghard

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

French bégard
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  1. French · borrowed frombégard
  2. English todayBeghard

From French bégard, béguard.

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