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A beguinage, from the French term béguinage, is an architectural complex which was created to house beguines: lay religious women who lived in community ...
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The Beguines and the Beghards were Christian lay religious orders that were active in Western Europe, particularly in the Low Countries, in the 13th–16th ...
A group of historic buildings, mostly private dwellings, centre on it. As the name suggests, it was originally a béguinage. Today it is also the site of two ...
The Groot Begijnhof of Leuven is a well preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown ...
Noun edit. beguinage (plural beguinages). A walled community of small houses occupied by the Beguines. Translations ...
The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde is the only preserved beguinage in the Belgian city of Bruges. There are no more Beguines living there, but since 1927 ...
The Holy Corner or Old Saint Elisabeth is a beguinage in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of three beguinages in the city – the other two are the new Saint ...
The Flemish béguinages are architectural ensembles composed of houses, churches, ancillary buildings and green spaces, with a layout of either urban or rural ...
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A convent for members of the Beguine sisterhood.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.