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be·guine
/bɪˈgin/
比根,比根舞
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Be·guine
n.
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
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Beguine
n
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
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