beguine

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noun (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
noun music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
noun a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba

From American French béguine, from French béguin.

The old man and his wife had walked out—— Every thing was still and hush as midnight about the house—— There was not so much as a duck or a duckling about the yard—— ——When the fair Beguine came in to see me. — The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, Laurence Sterne

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