ere settled in Bohemia in the year 1778, where some of them adopted the rites of the Greek; and others those of the Latin church. The former were pretty generally adhered to till the middle of the 14th century, when the establishment of the Latin rites caused great disturbance. On the commencement of the national troubles in Bohemia, on account of the opposition to the papal power (see Moravians), the Picards more publicly avowed and defended their religious opinions; and they formed a considerable body in an island by the river Launitz or Lansneck, in the district of Beclin, and recurring to arms, were defeated by Zisca. Encyclop. art. Picards.