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Meaning of "beguines"

Beguines is a noun, referring to a religious order of women, particularly of the 12th and 13th centuries in Northern Europe, characterized by good works and a simple way of life
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Beguines engaged in a range of occupations to support themselves.
The main occupation of beguines was the textile industry.
The beguines were keen on their privacy.
This foundation was used by the beguines.
Beguines were also free to leave in order to get married if they so wished.
The reformation proved equally tortuous for the beguines.
Then beguines began rebuilding the clay and wooden houses on the brick.
There were also a number of small houses which belonged to individual beguines.
These two dates mark the beginning and end of the beguines congregation in this city.
The seven convents located around the courtyard were inhabited by poorer beguines.
And then a number of poorer Beguines lived together in convents.
The benedictines which replaced those kept the costume of the beguines.
Beguines were single women who lived together as a Catholic community.
A béguinage is a group of small buildings used by Beguines.
Beguines of Bruges are excellent doctors for every kind of disease.

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A béguinage or begijnhof is a collection of small buildings used by Beguines.
Beguines and Beghards.
Beguinage in Diest was inhabited by both rich and poor beguines.
Special protection for the Beguines and the Beguinage of Diest.
I thought her only one more of the company of Beguines.
Beguines were lay sisters who lived and dressed as nuns, but did not take vows.
A widespread religious revival inspired several societies for men which were kindred to the Beguines.
The Beguines thought her crazy and treated her with contempt, so she went back home.
These people were known as Beguines.
They were chosen by beguines living in the Beguinage for at least 10 years.
His inquisition was particularly against Beguines and Beghards.
The Beguines decided to rebuild their church in Baroque style and its construction started in 1657.
Without End starts the buy Физическая культура в of Beguines in the Netherlands.
The decisive phrase was taken by the beguines superior, De Groot.
Saint-Martin dominating the old empty houses since the departure of the beguines.
By the end of the 18th century, beguines only existed in the Low Countries.
They seemed to lead the simple, quiet life of the Beguines.
In 1346, the beguines still lived in a house a document of that time mentioned one beghynhuys.
His involvement included helping improve the Great Beguines at Mechelen.
Shortly after 1262 the beguines built an infirmary to care for the elderly and.
Once upon a time there was a home for the beguines ( religious women ).
Under Louis XI, the Beguines were replaced by Girls-de-Sainte-Claire.
Established as a 14th-century convent, it formerly housed the religious and liberated sisterhood of the Beguines.
She condemned the immediate vision of the Beghards and Beguines cf . Denzinger-Bannwart, “ Enchiridion ”, nn.
Het Anker Brewery is a Flemish brewery in Mechelen, founded in 1471 by a community of Beguines.
As early as 1397 the Beguines had a small chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Belgium, Entrance to house Beguines.
The mid-13th century, King Louis IX gave the convent the nuns Beguines.

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