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mendicant meaning and definition
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Definition of mendicant (noun)
- a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
- synonyms: friar
- a pauper who lives by begging
- synonyms: beggar
MENDICANT adjective
Definition of mendicant (adjective)
- practicing beggary
- "mendicant friars"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet