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Definition of mendicant adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mendicant

adjective

/ˈmendɪkənt/

/ˈmendɪkənt/

(formal)

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(especially of members of religious groups) living by asking people for money and food
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin mendicant- ‘begging’, from the verb mendicare, from mendicus ‘beggar’, from mendum ‘fault’.

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