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Lollard (iou)



Lollard noun. LME.
[Middle Dutch lollaerd lit. 'mumbler, mutterer,' from lollen mumble: see -ARD.]
Hist. Any of the heretics, from the 14th-cent. to the Reformation, who were either followers of John Wyclif or held opinions similar to his, esp. on the necessity for the Church to aid people to live a life of evangelical poverty and imitate Jesus. LME.
[Assoc. with prec.] A person who lolls; an idler. rare. M17.
E. B. Browning Learn to be a Lollard like me, and establish yourself on a sofa.
Lollardism noun the tenets and practice of the Lollards E19.
Lollardry noun = Lollardism LME.
Lollardy noun = Lollardism LME.
Lollardy adjective (rare) characteristic of the Lollards E16.