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Berengaʹrians

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Followers of Berenger, archdeacon of Angers, the learned opponent of Lanfranc (eleventh century). He said that the bread by consecreation did not become the very body of Christ “generated on earth so many years before, but becomes to the faithful, nevertheless, the blessed body of Christ.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Benjamin
Benjamin’s Mess
Bennaskar
Benshie, Benshee
Bent
Benvolio
Beppo
Berchta [the white lady]
Bereans
Berecynthian Hero
Berengarians
Berenice
Berg Folk
Bergæan (A)
Bergelmir
Berger
Bergomask
Berkley (Mr.)
Berkshire (Saxon, Bearoc - scire, forest-shire)
Berlin Decree
Berlin Time