Lollard
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Lollard
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle Dutch lollaert mumbler (of prayers), equivalent to loll ( en ) to mumble ( see lull) + -aert -ard
Example Sentences
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The very first, at Lollard Street in London’s Kennington, is still going strong.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2019
His underground Lollard followers kept alive the idea of a direct relationship between God and the individual Christian, through his word.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2011
Elsewhere John is called a Lollard and accused of "heretycall langage," and he is finally poisoned by a monk of Swinestead.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
It was quite true that Archbishop Arundel had for some two years been throwing dust in Lollard eyes by plausible professions of conversion to some of the views of that party.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt
Next sat the Countess of March, the elder sister of the Duchess Joan, and wife of the Lollard heir of England.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt
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