Beg·uine 
(bāgēn′, bā-gēn)
(bāgēn′, bā-gēn)n.
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A member of any of several lay sisterhoods founded in the Netherlands in the 13th century.
[Middle English begine, from Old French beguine, from Middle Dutch beg-, root of beggaert, one who rattles off prayers.]