mendicant
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/
mendicant (not comparable)
- Depending on alms for a living.
- Of or pertaining to a beggar.
- Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
- French: mendiant
- German: betteln
- Portuguese: mendicante
- Russian: нищенствующий
- Spanish: mendicante
- Russian: нищенский
- Portuguese: mendicante
- Spanish: mendicante
mendicant (plural mendicants)
- A pauper who lives by begging.
- A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
- German: Bettler
- Italian: mendicante
- Portuguese: mendigo
- Russian: ни́щий
- Spanish: mendigo
- German: Bettelmönch
- Russian: нищенствующий мона́х
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