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Lollardy

American  
[lah-lerd-ee] / ˈlɑ lərd i /

noun

  1. the beliefs and practices of the Lollards.


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No doubt there were errors in his teaching, and much more that was premature; otherwise the authorities could never have managed so nearly to exterminate Lollardy.

From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton

It is easy to understand, therefore, how Wyclif's opinions assisted in preparing the nation for the Reformation of the sixteenth century, although it seemed that Lollardy had been everywhere crushed by persecution.

From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart

Gairdner, /Lollardy and the Reformation/, vol. ii., 3-221.

From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 by James MacCaffrey

She wanted to know what Lollardy was; their guide attempted an explanation.

From Simon Called Peter by Robert Keable

He was one of those who “had begun to mell of Lollardy, and drink the gall of heresy.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

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