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men·di·cant
(mĕn′dĭ-kənt)adj.1. Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.
2. Of or relating to religious orders whose members are forbidden to own property individually or in common and must work or beg for their livings.
n.2. A member of a mendicant order.
[Middle English mendicaunt, from Latin mendīcāns, mendīcant-, present participle of mendīcāre, to beg, from mendīcus, needy, beggar, from mendum, physical defect.]
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mendicant
(ˈmɛndɪkənt) adj2. (Roman Catholic Church) (of a member of a religious order) dependent on alms for sustenance: mendicant friars.
n5. a less common word for beggar
[C16: from Latin mendīcāre to beg, from mendīcus beggar, from mendus flaw]
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men•di•cant
(ˈmɛn dɪ kənt)adj.
2. pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.
3. of or pertaining to various religious orders, as the Dominicans or the Franciscans, that combine the monastic life with an active ministry in teaching or preaching and that originally owned neither personal nor community property, living chiefly on alms.
n. 5. a mendicant friar.
[1425–75; < Latin mendīcant-, s. of mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcāre to beg, derivative of mendīcus beggarly; see -ant]
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| Noun | 1. | mendicant - a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience Carmelite, White Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers Black Friar, Blackfriar, Dominican, friar preacher - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order Franciscan, Grey Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order Augustinian - a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders |
| 2. | mendicant - a pauper who lives by begging beggarman - a man who is a beggar cadger, mooch, moocher, scrounger - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) panhandler - a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi - a Hindu religious mendicant | |
| Adj. | 1. | mendicant - practicing beggary; 'mendicant friars' |
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mendicant
adjective1.begging, sponging(informal), scrounging(informal), mooching(informal), cadgingmendicant religious orders
noun1.beggar, tramp, vagrant, bum(U.S. informal), pauper, hobo(U.S.), scrounger(informal), vagabond, sponger(informal)He had no fear that he would ever become a mendicant.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
mendicant
nounOne who begs habitually or for a living:Informal: panhandler.
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Mendicot Game
mendicans
mendicant
[ˈmendɪkənt] (frm)B.N → mendicantemf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mendicant
adj → bettelnd; mendicant monk → Bettelmönchm; mendicant order → Bettelordennt
n(= beggar) → Bettler(in)m(f); (= monk) → Bettelmönchm
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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