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beguine


 
  Grep  of  noun  beguine 
  beguine 
 
  Overview  of  noun  beguine 
 
  The  noun  beguine  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  Beguine  --  ((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) 
  2.  beguine  --  (music  written  in  the  bolero  rhythm  of  the  beguine  dance) 
  3.  beguine  --  (a  ballroom  dance  that  originated  in  the  French  West  Indies;  similar  to  the  rumba) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  beguine 
 
  The  noun  beguine  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  Beguine  --  ((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) 
  2.  beguine  --  (music  written  in  the  bolero  rhythm  of  the  beguine  dance) 
  3.  beguine  --  (a  ballroom  dance  that  originated  in  the  French  West  Indies;  similar  to  the  rumba) 



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