a certain sect of heretics, which arose in Germany, and in the Low Countries, about the end of the 13th century. They made profession of the monastical life, without observing celibacy; and maintained, that man could become as perfect in this life, as he shall be in heaven; that every intellectual nature is of itself happy, without the succour of grace; and that he who is in this state of perfection ought to perform no good works, nor worship the host.