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BEGUINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("beguine" is a kind of...):
ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("beguine" is a kind of...):
dance music (music to dance to)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Beguine" is a kind of...):
sister (a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
Holonyms ("Beguine" is a member of...):
sisterhood (a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns))
