BEGUINE
\bɪɡwˈa͡ɪn], \bɪɡwˈaɪn], \b_ɪ_ɡ_w_ˈaɪ_n]\
Definitions of BEGUINE
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- 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
By Princeton University
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