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mendicantmen‧di‧cant /ˈmendəkənt/ noun [countable] formal ![](img/spkr_b.png) mendicantOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin present participle of mendicare ‘to beg’, from mendicus ‘beggar’ - The rich man who deludes himself into behaving like a mendicant may conserve his fortune although he will not be very happy.
someone who asks people for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons—mendicant adjective |