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Beghard [ˈbɛgəd bɪˈgɑːd]

(Christian Churches, other) 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

[from Medieval Latin beghardus, from Beg(uine) + -ard; compare Old French bégard, Middle Dutch beggaert, Middle High German beghart]

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Beguin			The English-speaking world has had to make do with Ernest McDonnell's rather our-of-date and unwieldy, The Beguines and Beghards in Medieval Culture: With Special Emphasis on the Belgian Scene (New Brunswick, NJ, 1954). Cities of Ladies: Beguine Communities in the Medieval Low Countries, ... by Jansen, Katherine L. / Renaissance Quarterly			beggar ticks beggar's lice Beggar's ticks beggar's-lice beggar's-ticks beggar-lice beggar-my-neighbor beggar-my-neighbor policy beggar-my-neighbor strategy beggar-my-neighbour beggar-my-neighbour policy beggar-my-neighbour strategy beggar-ticks Beggarhood beggarism Beggarliness beggarly beggarman beggarweed beggarwoman beggary Beggestere begging begging bowl begging letter Beghard Begild Begin begin morning civil twilight begin morning nautical twilight beginner beginning beginning rhyme Beginnings begird Begirdle Begirt Beglerbeg Begnaw Begod Begohm begombed begone begonia Begonia cheimantha Begonia cocchinea Begonia dregei Begonia erythrophylla begonia family Begonia feastii Begonia heracleifolia			Beggestere Beggiatoa Beggiatoaceae Beggiatoales beggin beggin beggin begging begging begging begging begging bowl begging bowls begging letter begging letters begging off begging off begging off Begging the question Begging the question Begging the question Begging the question begging to differ begging to differ Begging your pardon, but begging yours begging yours begging yours Beggs BEGH Beghard Beghards Begi Begichev Islands Begichev, Nikifor Begichev, Nikifor Alekseevich Begichevskii begild Begimaly Dzhamgerchinov Begimaly Dzhamgerchinovich Dzhamgerchinov Begin Begin Begin Begin Begin begin a corporation begin again begin an all-out effort Begin Average Events Begin Bracket begin by doing Begin by Gathering Supplies Begin Curb Return Begin Degrading Link Begin Free Zone begin from Begin Horizontal Curve begin hostilities against Begin Morning Civil Twilight

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