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1. (n.) beguine
a dance in bolero rhythm that originated in Martinique.
2. (n.) Beguine
a member of a Roman Catholic lay sisterhood founded in Liège in the 13th century.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME begyne < MF beguine, said to be after Lambert (le) Begue (the stammerer), founder of the order; see -ine1)
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1. (noun) Beguine
(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
2. (noun) beguine
music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
3. (noun) beguine
a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
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1. (noun) beguine
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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