- Mulierculae
- The 'little women' whom students at Oxford c.1250 were forbidden to have or keep in their lodgings. -Cf. Beguine
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
Mulierculae
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