beguines

Meaning of beguines

plural noun

a popular dance of Caribbean origin, similar to the foxtrot.

1930s: from West Indian French, from French béguin ‘infatuation’.

plural noun

(in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood in the Low Countries, not bound by vows.

late 15th century: Old French béguine, from the name of Lambert Bègue or le Bègue (‘the Stammerer’), a 12th-century priest who founded the order.

Information about beguines

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of beguines is: beguine.
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Hyphenation of beguines

be-guines

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • beguines is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of beguines

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Words that rhyme with beguines

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