Beguard :: Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins..
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure..
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To elude, or evade by craft; to foil..
Beguile :: Beguile (v. t.) To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert.
Beguinage :: Beguinage (n.) A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.
Beguine :: Beguine (n.) A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows..
Begum :: Begum (n.) In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank..