Culdee

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Cul`dee´

    (k l-d ´ or k l´d)
n.1.One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
The pure Culdees
Were Albyn's earliest priests of God.
- Campbell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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