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Meaning of "beguinage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BEGUINAGE

beguinage  [ˈbɛɡiːˌnɑːʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEGUINAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beguinage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEGUINAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

beguinage

Béguinage

A béguinage or begijnhof is a collection of small buildings used by Beguines. These were various lay sisterhoods of the Roman Catholic Church, founded in the 13th century in the Low Countries, comprising religious women who sought to serve God without retiring from the world.

Definition of beguinage in the English dictionary

The definition of beguinage in the dictionary is a convent for members of beguine sisterhood.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEGUINAGE


badinage
ˈbædɪˌnɑːʒ
barrage
ˈbærɑːʒ
bricolage
ˈbrɪkəˌlɑːʒ
camouflage
ˈkæməˌflɑːʒ
collage
kəˈlɑːʒ
counterespionage
ˌkaʊntərˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ
decoupage
ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ
dressage
ˈdrɛsɑːʒ
engrenage
ˈɒnɡrəˌnɑːʒ
entourage
ˈɒntʊˌrɑːʒ
espionage
ˈɛspɪəˌnɑːʒ
etage
eɪˈtɑːʒ
garage
ˈɡærɑːʒ
massage
ˈmæsɑːʒ
mirage
mɪˈrɑːʒ
montage
mɒnˈtɑːʒ
paysage
ˌpeɪˈzɑːʒ
plage
plɑːʒ
sabotage
ˈsæbəˌtɑːʒ
sondage
sɒnˈdɑːʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEGUINAGE

begot
begotten
begrime
begrimed
begroan
begrudge
begrudger
begrudgery
begrudgingly
beguile
beguilement
beguiler
beguiling
beguilingly
Beguin
beguine
begulf
begum
begun
begunk

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEGUINAGE

carnage
coinage
concubinage
cousinage
drainage
free coinage
grainage
libertinage
linage
manage
orphanage
recoinage
signage
teenage
underdrainage
vicinage
villainage
villeinage
voisinage
wainage

Synonyms and antonyms of beguinage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «beguinage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEGUINAGE

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Translator English - Chinese

的Beguinage
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

beguinage
570 millions of speakers

English

beguinage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

beguinage
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

beguinage
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Бегинаж
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

beguinage
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

beguinage
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

béguinage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beguinage
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beginenhof
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベギン会修道院
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

beguinage
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Beguinage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Beguinage
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

beguinage
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भुवनेश्वर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beguinage
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

beguinage
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

beguinage
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бегинаж
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Beguinage
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

beguinage
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

begijnhof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beguinage
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beguinage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beguinage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEGUINAGE»

The term «beguinage» is regularly used and occupies the 93.022 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEGUINAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beguinage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEGUINAGE»

Discover the use of beguinage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beguinage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Now She is Martha, Now She is Mary: Beguine Communities in ...
in the beguinage. Some Parisian beguines may have lived with their families for their entire lives.90 Of the handful of testaments that have survived from medieval Paris, none are from testators with a female relative in the beguinage.
Tanya Suella Stabler, 2007
2
Cities of Ladies: Beguine Communities in the Medieval Low ...
49; beguines originary from, in beguinage of St. Catherine of Tongeren, 117; Margaret of, beguine of St. Catherine in Tongeren, 73 Hennuyères, Jacques Potiers of, App. I no. 37 Henry I of Brabant, 41 Henry II of Thuringia, 88 Henry III, bishop ...
Walter Simons, 2011
3
The Mirror of Simple Souls
In the center of the courtyard was a well to meet the water needs of the beguinage.41 The governance of the beguinage was entrusted to the mistress, named by the almoner ot the king, who had final jurisdiction over the beguinage.
Marguerite Porete, 1993
4
Singlewomen in the European Past, 1250-1800
The poorest women were given free lodgings and were apparently expected to work for a living: Ales Malachine, who “frequented” and worked at the beguinage, was a wool comber. When a disability prevented Al'es from working she had to ...
Judith M. Bennett, Amy M. Froide, 2011
5
Medieval Christianity in Practice
1328, presumably satisfied as to the orthodoxy of the women, undertook to protect the community.5 Sources from Lille indicate that the town contained only one beguine house: the beguinage of Saint Elizabeth, situated outside the gate of St.
Miri Rubin, 2009
6
Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia
They became more numerous in the 1240s and 1250s, especially in the populous cities of Flanders and Brabant, where they constituted same- sex neighborhoods, some of which were quite large: Mechelen's beguinage of St. Catherine's ...
Margaret Schaus, 2006
7
Gender in an Urban World
Beguines began to acquire property and identify themselves as members of a '' beguinage'' in the middle 13th century. Beguinages were a grassroots phenomenon that had no central coordination or single founder. They emerged as ...
Judith N. DeSena, Ray Hutchinson, 2008
8
The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk: How the Knights of France Fell ...
A beguinage was headed by a Groojuffrouw or Grande Dame, a Mother Superior nominated by the bishop. The sisters lived in convents at first and did communal work, such as lace making and sewing. After six years they were allowed to ...
Randall Fegley, 2002
9
Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875: A ...
the thirteenth century the town of lier, near Antwerp, had possessed a Beguinage where religious women lived together in 150 cottages. In 1798 communal life was briefly interrupted when the houses were sold by the French occupiers.
Lia van Gemert, 2010
10
Religion and the Senses in Early Modern Europe
30 These numbers are calculated using the profession and death dates in the Antwerp Beguinage's Obituarium (Antwerp Municipal Archive, KK-862). 31 For Beguinage population statistics, see Simons, Cities of Ladies, Appendices; and ...
Wietse de Boer, Christine Göttler, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEGUINAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beguinage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Canals, cobblestone streets and chocolate, there's plenty to like in …
Your next destination could be the Begijnhof or Beguinage, a cluster of neat cottages in a bucolic waterside setting, created originally as a ... «Herald Sun, Jun 15»
2
Bruges' landscape to be transformed by the Triennial
Other notable installations will include a temporary tree house, constructed in the cloister garden trees in the picturesque Bruges Beguinage by ... «ITCM, May 15»
3
Beguines carried forward women's ministry
There was no disgrace, really, if one chose to leave the beguinage to marry, but, alternatively, the beguinage served as refuge for those who in ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jan 15»
4
Ultimate Middle Ages experience in Ghent
There is a Beguinage, a semi-monastic community of women called Beguines. White houses are situated on a large garden, offering a chance ... «Korea Times, Jan 15»
5
Virgin locales
... Howest Campus (the University college), Sint-Jorisstraat, the Beguinage (an architectural complex that houses a semi-monastic community ... «Indian Express, Dec 14»
6
'Peekay (PK)', the first Hindi film to be shot in Bruges, Belgium
These include the Market Square and Belfry, Howest Campus Sint-Jorisstraat, the Beguinage (an architectural complex that used to housed a ... «Indiantelevision.com, Nov 14»
7
Mussels, fries, and beer in a medieval city
We were just in time to pass through the gates of the Beguinage, a row of white houses in a tranquil part of town. Tall spindly trees surrounded ... «GMA News, Oct 14»
8
Off the beaten path in Leuven, Belgium
... and churches like St. Peter's Cathedral, another awesome piece of history is the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Great Beguinage. «San Diego Reader, Oct 14»
9
Gay Catholic Book Extras: When the Going Gets Weird, The Weird …
There are no more beguines in the last beguinage. So the fact that a vocation is new–incorporating elements of older and more-developed ... «Patheos, Aug 14»
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Cycling to the abbeys and city centre of Leuven,...
For example, the old beguinage is now used for student housing, but this "village within a village" still has its 14th century church. We also ... «www.insidebelleville.com/bellevilleregion-news/, Aug 14»

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