beguine

Words with a similar base: beguine

'beguine'

[beguine.n.01] as in: (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

'beguine'

[beguine.n.02] as in: music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance

'beguine'

[beguine.n.03] as in: a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba