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Beguinage|ˈbegiˌnaʒ, ˈbɛgɪnɪdʒ|
[f. Beguine + -age.]
An establishment of, or house for, beguines; often giving a name to a part of a town in the Low Countries.
1815Southey in C. Southey Life & Corr. IV. 127. 1819 ― in Q. Rev. XXII. 94 The house at Little Gidding bore no resemblance whatever to a beguinage. 1854H. Strickland Trav. Th. 26 Went to the Beguinage. Nunnery of nuns who are not nuns; that is, who vow no vows, and may go away and marry whenever they like. |