transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmen-di-kənt ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin mendicant-, mendicans, present participle of mendicare to beg, from mendicus beggar — more at amend
Date: 14th century
1. : beggar 1
2. often capitalized : a member of a religious order (as the Franciscans) combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property : friar
• mendicant adjective