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   mendicant

   /ˈmɛndɪk(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. given to begging.
   • ▪ of or denoting one of the religious orders who originally relied solely on alms: "a mendicant friar"

   noun

   • 1. a beggar.
   • ▪ a member of a mendicant order.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin mendicant- ‘begging’, from the verb mendicare, from mendicus ‘beggar’, from mendum ‘fault’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mendicancy noun

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