Mendicant - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmendɪkənt|  American pronunciation of the word mendicant
Brit.  |ˈmendɪk(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word mendicant

noun

- a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms (syn: friar)
- a pauper who lives by begging (syn: beggar)

adjective

- practicing beggary
mendicant friars

Extra examples

...those wretched mendicants on the streets of Calcutta...

Word forms

noun
singular: mendicant
plural: mendicants
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