BEGUINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Beguine mean? 

• BEGUINE (noun)
  The noun BEGUINE has 3 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: BEGUINE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEGUINE (noun)

Sense 1

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:

Nouns denoting people

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))

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:

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)