Beguines

Beg·uine (b

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n. Roman Catholic Church

A member of any of several lay sisterhoods founded in the Netherlands in the 13th century.

[Middle English begine, from Old French beguine, from Middle Dutch beg-, root of beggaert, one who rattles off prayers.]

be·guine (b

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1. A ballroom dance similar to the rumba, based on a dance of Martinique and St. Lucia.

2. The music for this dance.

[French (West Indies) béguine, from French béguin, hood, flirtation, from beguine, Beguine; see Beguine.]

beguine [bɪˈgiːn]

1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a dance of South American origin in bolero rhythm

2. (Music, other) a piece of music in the rhythm of this dance

3. (Clothing & Fashion) a variant of biggin¹

[from Louisiana French, from French béguin flirtation]

Beguine [ˈbɛgiːn]

(Christian Churches, other) a member of a Christian sisterhood that was founded in Liège in the 12th century, and, though not taking religious vows, followed an austere life

[from Old French, perhaps after Lambert le Bègue (the Stammerer), 12th-century priest of Liège, who founded the sisterhood]

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Noun	1.	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 sisterhood - a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns) Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy sister - a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her"
	2.	beguine - music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance dance music - music to dance to
	3.	beguine - a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba ballroom dance, ballroom dancing - any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom

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ballroom dance ballroom dancing biggin dance dance music sister sisterhood	There [are] many parallels between the Beguines then and women now--women building safety nets to assist each other, living lives that made sense with less economic burden on the individual, a common spiritual approach to everyday life, and the need for meaningful, purposeful work," says Morgana Morgaine, a nurse in Asheville, North Carolina, who has studied the Beguines for the past twenty-five years and, with five other women, plans to create a Beguine-inspired community. Simple lives: a new beginning for the Beguines? by Raber, Jean Hughes / Commonweal Mazzonis suggests that previous groups of semi-religious women--the beguines, the bizzoche or pinzochere, and (until the 1560s) the tertiaries--lie somewhere in the background of Merici's institute, but he does not specify how or where. Spirituality, Gender, and the Self in Renaissance Italy: Angela ... by Schutte, Anne Jacobson / Renaissance Quarterly The Beguinages built during the period between the 13th and 16th century are the collection of small buiding used by Beguines. Leuven Tourist Information by Meredith Booney / Travel, recreation and leisure community	Begonia rex Begonia semperflorens Begonia socotrana Begonia tuberhybrida Begoniaceae Begore begorra begot begotten Begrave Begrease begrime begrimed Begrimer begrudge begrudging begrudgingly beguile beguiled Beguilement Beguiler beguiling Beguin Beguinage Beguine Beguines begum begun behalf Behan Behappen behave behavior behavior modification behavior therapy behavioral behavioral genetics behavioral medicine behavioral psychophysics behavioral science behavioral therapy behaviorism behaviorist behavioristic behavioristic psychology behaviour behaviour pattern behaviour therapy behavioural behavioural contagion behavioural science	beguile with beguiled beguiled beguiled beguilement beguilement beguilement beguilements beguilements beguiler beguiler beguiler beguilers beguilers beguiles beguiles beguiles beguiling beguiling beguiling beguilingly beguilingly beguilingly Beguin Béguin Création Entretien Beguinage Béguinage beguine beguine Béguine Beguines Béguines Beguines and Beghards Beguines and Beghards begum Begüm begums begun begun begun begun begun at begun at begun at begun but not completed begun on begun on begun on begun upon begun upon begun upon Begware BEH BEHA BEHAF Behaim Behaim, Martin Behala behalf behalf behalf

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There [are] many parallels between the Beguines then and women now--women building safety nets to assist each other, living lives that made sense with less economic burden on the individual, a common spiritual approach to everyday life, and the need for meaningful, purposeful work," says Morgana Morgaine, a nurse in Asheville, North Carolina, who has studied the Beguines for the past twenty-five years and, with five other women, plans to create a Beguine-inspired community.

Simple lives: a new beginning for the Beguines? by Raber, Jean Hughes / Commonweal

Mazzonis suggests that previous groups of semi-religious women--the beguines, the bizzoche or pinzochere, and (until the 1560s) the tertiaries--lie somewhere in the background of Merici's institute, but he does not specify how or where.

Spirituality, Gender, and the Self in Renaissance Italy: Angela ... by Schutte, Anne Jacobson / Renaissance Quarterly

The Beguinages built during the period between the 13th and 16th century are the collection of small buiding used by Beguines.

Leuven Tourist Information by Meredith Booney / Travel, recreation and leisure community

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