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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 Proto-Protestant Christian religious movement that existed from the mid-14th century...
- 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...
- Conclusions of the Lollards is a Middle English religious text containing statements by leaders of the English medieval movement, the Lollards, inspired by...
- other early Waldensian reformers John Wycliffe (1320-1384) other early Lollard reformers John Hus (1369-1415) Jerome of Prague (1379-1416) Petr Chelčický...
- Complaint of the Ploughman – a Lollard satire later appropriated as a Protestant text Pierce the Ploughman's Crede – a Lollard satire later appropriated by...
- the actual translations. Wycliffe's later followers, derogatorily called Lollards by their orthodox contemporaries in the 15th and 16th centuries, adopted...
- Margery Baxter (fl. 1429) was an outspoken and unorthodox Lollard from Martham, England. The Lollards were a fourteenth and fifteenth century group of people...
- 19 October 1391) was and English Lollard knight, and constable of Nottingham castle. He was a crusader with his lollard brother, John Clanvowe, with whom...
- Walter Brit ( alternatively Brit, Brytte, or Brithus) (fl. 1390), was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and the reputed author of several works on astronomy...
- 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...
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