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Definition of Lollard

Lollard
Lollard Lol"lard, n. [LL. Lollardi, Lullardi, from Walter Lolhardus, a German; cf. LG. & D. lollen to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring strain; hence, OD. lollaerd a mumbler, i. e., of prayers or psalms, which was prob. the origin of the name. See Loll, Lull.] (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a sect of early reformers in Germany. (b) One of the followers of Wyclif in England. [Called also Loller.] By Lollards all know the Wyclifities are meant, so called from Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers in Germany. --Fuller.

Meaning of Lollard from wikipedia

- Lollardy, also known as Lollardism or the Lollard movement, was a pre-Protestant Christian religious movement that existed from the mid-14th century to...
- Conclusions of the Lollards is a Middle English religious text containing statements by leaders of the English medieval movement, the Lollards, inspired by...
- Sir John Oldcastle (died 14 December 1417) was an English Lollard leader. Being a friend of Henry V, he long escaped prosecution for heresy. When convicted...
- Complaint of the Ploughman – a Lollard satire later appropriated as a Protestant text Pierce the Ploughman's Crede – a Lollard satire later appropriated by...
- Lollards Pit is a location just outside the old city boundaries where for many years first Lollards and later a number of Marian martyrs were burned at...
- in Henry's early friendship with Sir John Oldcastle, a supporter of the Lollards. Shakespeare's Falstaff was originally named "Oldcastle", following his...
- English religious dissident who, while waiting to be burnt at the stake as a Lollard in 1532, was struck on the head by a spectator with one of the pieces of...
- (died 1423) was a medieval English theologian and priest, executed as a Lollard. Nothing is known of Taylor's career before he named as Prin****l of St...
- 1391) was the constable of Nottingham castle. He was a crusader with his lollard brother, John Clanvowe, with whom he was buried inside the Arap Mosque...
- Margaret's in Lynn and Tilney in Norfolk. Sawtrey preached and endorsed Lollard beliefs, including the rejection of Catholic saints and the sacrament of...
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