Beguinagen.
/ˈbɛɡiˌnaʒ//ˈbɛɡɪnɪdʒ/ An establishment of, or house for, beguines; often giving a name to a part of a town in the Low Countries.
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1815 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) IV. 127.
1819 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 22 94 The house at Little Gidding bore no resemblance whatever to a beguinage.
1854 H. Strickland Trav. Thoughts 26 Went to the Beguinage. Nunnery of nuns who are not nuns; that is, who vow no vows, and may go away and marry whenever they like.
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