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Beguine

Beguine Meaning & Definition
Beguine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Beguine?

[n] a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
[n] music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
[n] (Roman Catholic) 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

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See Also | ballroom dance | ballroom dancing | ballroom music | dance music | danceroom music | sister | sisterhood

Beguine In Webster's Dictionary

\Be`guine"\, n. [F. b['e]guine; LL. beguina, beghina; fr. Lambert le B[`e]gue (the Stammerer) the founder of the order. (Du Cange.)] 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.

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