Dictionary entry

Culdee

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

The pure Culdees

Were Albyn's earliest priests of God.

Campbell.