Lollardry Obs. exc. Hist.
(ˈlɒlədrɪ)
Also 5 lolla(r)drie, 6 lollerdry.
[f. Lollard + -ry.]
sing. collect. and pl. The tenets of the Lollards.
| 1414 Act 2 Hen. V, stat. i. c. 7 Heresiez & errours appellez vulgairement Lollardrie. c 1425 Hampole's Psalter Metr. Pref. 49 Copyed has this Sauter ben of yuel men of lollardry. 1479 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 417, To put awey..all maner heresies and errours, clepid openly lolladries. a 1508 Kennedy in Bannatyne Poems (Hunter. Club) 144 The schip of faith..Dryvis in the see of Lollerdry that blawis. 1651 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. xvii. (1739) 94 The former opinions, then known only by the general names of Heresy, are now baptized by the new name of Lollardry. 1884 J. L. Wilson Wycliffe viii. 112 John of Gaunt, Lord Latimer, and the Lady Alice Perrers were all tinged with Lollardry. |