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English noun: Beguine | |||
| 1. | Beguine (person) (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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sister | ||
| Member meronym | sisterhood | ||
| Domain category | Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church | ||
| 2. | beguine (communication) music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dance music | ||
| 3. | beguine (act) a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ballroom dance, ballroom dancing | ||
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