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Culdee

Pronunciation: /kʌlˈdiː/

The English word “Culdee” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales in the Middle Ages.

Etymology

From Old Irish céile Dé (“servant of God”), a calque of Latin servus Deī.

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