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Noun
/biˈgēn/,
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beguines, plural;
  1. A popular dance of West Indian origin, similar to the foxtrot

  1. (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
  2. music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
  3. a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
  4. Beghards (also called Beguards or Beguins) and Beguines were Roman Catholic lay religious communities active in the 13th and 14th centuries, living in a loose semi-monastic community but without formal vows. ...
  5. The beguine is a dance, similar to a slow rumba, that was very modestly popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, where the Martinique beguine is a slow close dance with a roll of hips .
  6. (Beguines: [Beghards]) Since the twelfth century, a name for pious women who lived in small voluntary groups for religious purposes, but did not take religious vows. They were free to own property, to leave the group and to marry. Beghards were men who lived the same sort of life. ...
  7. music incorporating a bolero rhythm.
  8. lay woman living a life of poverty and chastity in a community, without living under a rule or taking irrevocable vows
  9. A type of Rumba in which the accent is on the second eighth note of the first beat. Origins spring from Martinique and Cuba.