Mendicant (A member of a religious order

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• mendicant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) habitually engaged in begging. 2) (of a religious order) originally dependent on alms. ► NOUN 1) a beggar. 2) a member of a mendicant order. ORIGIN from Latin mendicus beggar …   English terms dictionary

• mendicant — [ mɛndɪk(ə)nt] adjective given to begging. ↘of or denoting a religious order originally dependent on alms. noun a beggar. ↘a member of a mendicant order. Derivatives mendicancy noun mendicity noun Origin ME: from L. mendicant , mendicare beg ,… …   English new terms dictionary