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mendicity Definition


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mendicant
noun
    1. A monk who is a member of an order that is not allowed to own property and is therefore entirely dependent on charity, eg a Dominican or Franciscan friar.
    2. formal
      A beggar.
      Thesaurus: beggar, tramp, hobo (US slang), vagabond, pauper, bum (US slang), panhandler (US slang), vagrant.
adj
    1. Dependent on charity.
    2. formal
      Begging.
      Thesaurus: begging, scrounging, bumming (US slang).
Derivative: mendicancy
noun
    Etymology: 14c as noun 2: from Latin mendicare to beg.



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