Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BE'GUIN
BE'GUIN, n.
The Beguins are a congregation of nuns in Flanders, so called from their founder, or from their head-dress. Beguin, in French, is a linen cap. From this order sprung the Beguinages in Flanders. – Encyc. Mason.
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