Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a sect of religious reformers in England who were followers of John Wycliffe in the 1300s and 1400s.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who lolls; an idler.
- noun One of a semi-monastic society for the care of the sick and the burial of the dead, which originated at Antwerp about 1300. Also called
Cellite . - noun One of the English followers of Wyclif, adherents of a wide-spread movement, partly political and socialistic, and in some respects anticipating Protestantism and Puritanism, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One of a sect of early reformers in Germany.
- noun One of the followers of Wyclif in England.
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- noun historical One of a
sect of earlyreformers inGermany . - noun historical A
Wyclifite .
Etymologies
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Examples
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From _lolium_ the term Lollard given in reproach to the Waldenses, and the followers of Wickliffe, indicated that they were pernicious weeds choking and destroying the pure wheat of the gospel.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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The spot of execution was called Lollard's pit, without Bishopsgate, at Norwich.
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Elsewhere John is called a Lollard and accused of "heretycall langage," and he is finally poisoned by a monk of Swinestead.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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I speak of that faith which your great father Salisbury and many of the House of York were believed to favour, -- that faith which is called the Lollard, and the oppression of which, more than aught else, lost to Lancaster the hearts of England.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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I speak of that faith which your great father Salisbury and many of the House of York were believed to favour, -- that faith which is called the Lollard, and the oppression of which, more than aught else, lost to Lancaster the hearts of England.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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High, under the sanguinary despotism of popish Mary; and the spot where they suffered, called the Lollard's pit, lies just outside the town, over Bishop's bridge, having a circular excavation against the side of
Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain 1790-1846 Charlotte Elizabeth 1818
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The first Wiclifite translation was hasty and rather rough, and it was soon revised and bettered by a certain John Purvey, one of the 'Lollard' priests.
A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher
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In the fourteenth century the word "Lollard" was used in a very extended sense.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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My Masters degree from Yale included a heavy focus on the writings of Piers Plowman and associated "Lollard" literature, so it was a natural fit for me to present on Julian given her historical and geographical context.
Sam Harrelson 2009
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My Masters degree from Yale included a heavy focus on the writings of Piers Plowman and associated "Lollard" literature, so it was a natural fit for me to present on Julian given her historical and geographical context.
Sam Harrelson 2009
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