beguinage

See also: béguinage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French béguinage.

Noun

beguinage (plural beguinages)

1. A walled community of small houses occupied by the Beguines.

Translations

walled community of Beguines

• Catalan: beguinatge m
• Dutch: begijnhof (nl)
• Esperanto: beginejo
• French: béguinage (fr) m
• Spanish: beguinaje m

Further reading

• “beguinage”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.