BEGUINE

• 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.

• BEGUINE (noun)

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))

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...):

ballroom music; dance music; danceroom music (a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing)

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)