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beguine noun1. Also beguine. LME.
[Old & mod. French beguine (Middle Dutch, Middle High German begine), medieval Latin Beguina, perh. ult. from Middle Dutch verb = mutter (prayers): see -INE3.]
A member of a lay sisterhood in the Low Countries, formed in the 12th cent. and not bound by vows.
beguinage noun an establishment of, or house for, beguines L17.