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.
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.