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men·di·cant (men′di kənt)
adjective
- asking for alms; begging
- of or characteristic of a beggar
- designating or of any of various religious orders whose members originally held no personal or community property, living mostly on alms
Etymology: L mendicans (gen. mendicantis), prp. of mendicare, to beg < mendicus, needy: for base see mendacious
noun
- a beggar; person who begs for alms
- a mendicant friar
Related Forms:
- mendicancy men′·di·cancy noun or mendicity men·dic′·ity (men dis′i tē)
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