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Webster 1913 Edition
Beguine
‖
Beˊguine′
,Noun.
[F.
béguine
; LL. beguina
, beghina
; fr. Lambert le Bègue
(the Stammerer) the founder of the order. (Du Cange
.)] A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.