What does "beghard" mean?

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.

Beghard

//bəˈɡɑːɹd// noun

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1
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. historical

Etymology

From French bégard, béguard.

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