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Beguine

DEFINITIONS OF: Beguine

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n (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

Type of:
sister
a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group
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