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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BEGHARD

From Medieval Latin beghardus, from Beg(uine) + -ard; compare Old French bégard, Middle Dutch beggaert, Middle High German beghart.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BEGHARD

Beghard  [ˈbɛɡəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEGHARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beghard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEGHARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Beghard

Beguines and Beghards

The Beguines /bəˈɡiːnz/ and the Beghards /bəˈɡɑrdz/ were Christian lay religious orders that were active in Northern Europe, particularly in the Low Countries in the 13th–16th centuries. Their members lived in semi-monastic communities but did not take formal religious vows. That is, although they promised not to marry "as long as they lived as Beguines" to quote one of the early Rules, they were free to leave at any time. Beguines were part of a larger spiritual revival movement of the thirteenth century that stressed imitation of Christ's life through voluntary poverty, care of the poor and sick, and religious devotion.

Definition of Beghard in the English dictionary

The definition of Beghard in the dictionary is a member of a Christian brotherhood that was founded in Flanders in the 13th century and followed a life based on that of the Beguines Also called: Beguin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEGHARD


ahungered
əˈhʌŋɡəd
beleaguered
bɪˈliːɡəd
buggered
ˈbʌɡəd
butterfingered
ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd
disfigured
dɪsˈfɪɡəd
figured
ˈfɪɡəd
fingered
ˈfɪŋɡəd
haggard
ˈhæɡəd
jiggered
ˈdʒɪɡəd
lagered
ˈlɑːɡəd
laggard
ˈlæɡəd
niggard
ˈnɪɡəd
nimble-fingered
ˌnɪmbəlˈfɪŋɡəd
saggard
ˈsæɡəd
sluggard
ˈslʌɡəd
staggard
ˈstæɡəd
staggered
ˈstæɡəd
sugared
ˈʃʊɡəd
triggered
ˈtrɪɡəd
unfigured
ʌnˈfɪɡəd

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEGHARD

blowhard
chard
cherry orchard
die hard
die-hard
Eberhard
echard
Erhard
go hard
hard
mouchard
orchard
pilchard
pochard
Richard
rock-hard
shard
Swiss chard
the Shard
Trenchard

Synonyms and antonyms of Beghard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Beghard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEGHARD

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Beghard
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Beghard
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Beghard
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Beghard
380 millions of speakers
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Beghard
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Beghard
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

beguino
270 millions of speakers

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Beghard
260 millions of speakers

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Beghard
220 millions of speakers

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Beghard
190 millions of speakers

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Beghard
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Beghard
130 millions of speakers

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Beghard
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Beghard
85 millions of speakers
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Beghard
80 millions of speakers

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Beghard
75 millions of speakers

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बेघर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beghard
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Beghard
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Beghard
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Beghard
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Beghard
30 millions of speakers
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Beghard
15 millions of speakers
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Beghard
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Beghard
10 millions of speakers
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Beghard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Beghard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEGHARD»

The term «Beghard» is normally little used and occupies the 145.642 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEGHARD» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEGHARD»

Discover the use of Beghard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Beghard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Godey's Magazine
"But do look 1 there is Mr. Beghard coming in ! Guess he wants to learn how much aid the ladies are going to give these poor people." The hum of conversation ceased with the entrance of the reverend gentleman, who was received by Miss ...
Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, 1862
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An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern: In which the ...
The words Beghard or Beggehard, Begutta, Begln'nus, and Beghind. which only differ in their terminations, have all one and the same sense. The German and Belgic nations wrote Bcghard and 'Begutte, which terminations are extremely ...
Johann Lorenz Mosheim, Charles Coote, George Gleig, 1840
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Baptist Magazine and Literary Review
After walking eight leagues, I reached Tre- *lto, a village in the parish of Beghard. "ere I had a conversation with two respect- «ble farmers, one of whom was the adjoint of the mayor. They each of them bought a fl'ew Testament, and on going ...
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An Ecclesiastical History, from the Birth of Christ to the ...
The words Beghard or Beggchard, Begutta, Beghiuus, and Bcghina, which only differ in their termination, have all one and the same sense. The German and Belgic nations wrote Beghard and Bcguttc, which terminations are extremely ...
Johann Lorenz Mosheim, 1838
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Medieval Christianity in Practice
Borrowing broadly from contemporary monastic legislation, the rule imposed a quasi-monastic regime on the beghard convent: it posited the absolute authority of the master, comparable to that of the abbot in traditional monasticism (art. 9, 26 ) ...
Miri Rubin, 2009
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An Ecclesiastical History
But the French substituted the Latin termination in the place of the German, and changed bcghard into beghinus 'and begliinu; so that those who in Holland and Germany were called beghard and begutte, were denominated in Francelmgliinu  ...
Johann Lorenz Mosheim, 1821
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An Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the ...
changed Beghari into Beghinus and Begbina ; so that those who in Holland and Germany were called Beghard and Begutte, were denominated in France, Begbini and Begbina. Nay, even in Germany and Holland, the Lain termination was ...
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, 1782
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The Limburg Sermons: Preaching in the Medieval Low Countries ...
They were self-sufficient, usually by means of textile production.86 In the area where H is to be situated on linguistic grounds, a number of Beghard communities had been established in several cities since the middle of the thirteenth century, ...
Wybren Scheepsma, 2008
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An ecclesiastical history, ancient and modern, tr. by A. ...
The words Beghard or Beggehard, Begutta, Beghinus, and Beghind, which only differ in their terminations, have all one and the same sense. The German and Belgic nations wrote Beghard and Beguile, which terminations are extremely ...
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, Charles Coote, 1826
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An Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the ...
Johann Lorenz Mosheim. They differed from the Fratrioelli, not in their c e n t. opinions and doctrine, but only in their manner p „ changed Beghard into Beghinus and Beghina ; so that those who in Holland and Germany were called Beghard ...
Johann Lorenz Mosheim, 1803

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