MENDICANT


Meaning of MENDICANT in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 begging. 2 (of a friar) living solely on alms.

n. 1 a beggar. 2 a mendicant friar. mendicancy n. mendicity n.

[ L mendicare beg f. mendicus beggar f. mendum fault ]

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