mendicant /menˈdi-kənt/

1. Begging
2. (of a friar) depending on alms

1. A beggar
2. A friar who depends on alms (historical)

menˈdicancy or mendicity /-disˈi-ti/ noun

1. The condition of being a beggar
2. The act of begging

• turn someone round one's little finger
• turn someone's brain
• turn someone's head
• turn something to advantage
• turnspit
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• turn State's evidence
• turnstile
• turnstiles
• turnstone
• turnstones
• turntable
• turntable ladder
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• turntables
• turntablist
• turn tail
• turn the cat in the pan
• turn the corner
• turn the King's evidence
• turn the other cheek
• turn the scale
• turn the screw
• turn the stomach
• turn the tables