Word
Beguine
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
beg-uine
Definition
- n. - 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.
- noun - A ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
- noun - Music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
- noun - (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
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