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Definition of: mendicant
(men′də·kənt) adjective
1. Begging; depending on alms for a living.
2. Pertaining to or like a beggar.
—noun
1. A beggar.
2. A begging friar. [<L mendicans, -antis, ppr. of mendicare beg <mendicus needy]
—men′di·can·cy, men·dic·i·ty (men·dis′ə·tē) noun
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