MENDICANT


Meaning of MENDICANT in English

[ 'mɛndɪk(ə)nt ]

■ adjective given to begging.

↘of or denoting a religious order originally dependent on alms.

■ noun a beggar.

↘a member of a ~ order.

Derivatives

mendicancy noun

mendicity noun

Origin

ME: from L. ~- , mendicare 'beg', from mendicus 'beggar', from mendum 'fault'.

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