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‖ vagantes, n. pl.|vəˈgæntiːz|
[L. pres. pple. of vagārī to wander.]
The scholar monks who travelled about Europe in the Middle Ages. Occas. in sing. form vagans.
1927H. Waddell Wandering Scholars p. v, The historical interest of the Vagantes as one of the earliest disintegrating forces in the mediaeval church has been left on one side. 1945[see vagancy]. 1946Scrutiny Dec. 90 Carols, nursery rhymes and the songs of the vagantes. 1973M. Blackett Mark of Maker viii. 79 Helen began serious work on selection and translation of the lyrics of her ‘vagantes’. 1982F. Corrigan in H. Waddell Songs of Wandering Scholars 9 Her research brought her face to face with vagantes, wandering scholars, from the very dawn of Christianity. |