Beguine - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: beguineBeghard
One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines They arose in the thirteenth century were afterward subjected to much persecution and were suppressed by Innocent X in 1650 Called also Beguins...
Beguin
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Beguinage
A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines...
Beguine
A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands and elsewhere whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows...
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