Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   beguine

   /beɪˈɡiːn/

   noun

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

   Word Origin 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.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • G

     2

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points