1. (

• Beguine

) (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. (

• beguine

) music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance ;

3. (

• beguine

) a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba ;