Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A community of Beguines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.
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- noun A walled community of small houses occupied by the Beguines.
Etymologies
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French
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Examples
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Yet the same day she went to the beguinage and bought "Flossy's wedding hdkf, 22 frc – lace scarf, 3 fr., piece of edging, 4 fr."
Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Maud Howe Elliott 1915
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