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BEGUINE

\bɪɡwˈa͡ɪn], \bɪɡwˈa‍ɪn], \b_ɪ_ɡ_w_ˈaɪ_n]\

Definitions of BEGUINE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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(Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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