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culdee (n.)
mid-12c., from Old Irish
céle de
"anchorite," from
cele
"associate, companion," sometimes "servant" (compare
ceilidh
) +
de
"of God." Perhaps an attempt to translate
Servus Dei
or some other Latin term for "religious hermit."
