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men·di·cant M0215800 (mĕn′dĭ-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.]
men′di·can·cy, men·dic′i·ty (-dĭs′ĭ-tē) n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  mendicity - the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"mendicancy, beggaryindigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury, need - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" |
mendicitynounThe condition of being a beggar:beggary, mendicancy.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeemendicantmendicityenUK
Synonyms for mendicitynoun the condition of being a beggarSynonymsSynonyms for mendicitynoun the state of being a beggar or mendicantSynonymsRelated Words- indigence
- pauperism
- pauperization
- penury
- need
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