Culdee

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Culdee \Cul*dee"\ (k?l-d?" or k?l"d?), n. [ Prob. fr.
     Gael.cuilteach; cf. Ir. ceilede.]
     One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of
     Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
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           The pure Culdees
           Were Albyn's earliest priests of God.    --Campbell.
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