Beguine Definition

bĭ-gēn
noun
A ballroom dance similar to the foxtrot, based on a dance of Martinique and St. Lucia.
American Heritage
A rhythmic native dance of Martinique or its music.
Webster's New World
The music for this dance.
American Heritage
A member of certain lay sisterhoods, not under permanent vows, begun in the Low Countries in the 12th cent.
Webster's New World
A member of any of several lay sisterhoods founded in the Netherlands in the 13th century.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Beguine

Noun

Singular:
beguine
Plural:
beguines

Origin of Beguine

  • Middle English begine from Old French beguine from Middle Dutch beg- root of beggaert one who rattles off prayers

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French (West Indies) béguine from French béguin hood, flirtation from beguine Beguine Beguine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From American French béguine, from French béguin.

    From Wiktionary

Beguine Sentence Examples

  • The origin of the names Beguine and Beghard has been the subject of much controversy.

  • The Beguine communities were fruitful soil for the missionary enterprise of the friars, and in the course of the 13th century the communities in France, Germany and upper Italy had fallen under the influence of the Dominicans and Franciscans to such an extent that in the Latin-speaking countries the tertiaries of these orders were commonly called beguini and beguinae.

  • The very looseness of their organization, indeed, made it inevitable that the Beguine associations should follow very diverse developments.

  • The earliest Flemish Beghard communities were associations mainly of artisans who earned ' In the year 1287 the council of Liege decreed that "all Beguinae desiring to enjoy the Beguine privileges shall enter a Beguinage, and we order that all who remain outside the Beguinage shall wear a dress to distinguish them from the Beguinae."

  • This led to the utmost confusion, the laity in many cases taking the part of the Beguine communities, and the Church being thus brought into conflict with the secular authorities.

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Words Starting With

BBEBEG

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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beguine

Words Starting With B and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With E