单词 | mendicant |
释义 | men·di·cant (mĕndĭ-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. 1. A beggar. 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.] mendi·can·cy, men·dici·ty (-dĭsĭ-tē) n. |
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