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Definition of: Beghard
(beg′ərd, bi·gärd′) noun
A member of one of the several lay fraternities which arose in Flanders in the 13th century in imitation of the Beguines: in France called Beguins. [<Med. L beghardus, after Lambert Begue, 12th c., founder of the order of Beguines]
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