Culdee
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English
Etymology
From Old Irish céile Dé (“servant of God”), a calque of Latin servus Deī.
Pronunciation
Noun
Culdee (plural Culdees)
- (historical) One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales in the Middle Ages.
- 1824, Thomas Campbell, Reullura:
- The pure Culdees were Albyn's earliest priests of God.
References
- “Culdee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.