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mendicant - Dictionary definition and meaning for mendicant

MENDICANT

(noun) a pauper who lives by begging
synonyms : beggar
A mendicant approached me while I was waiting at the traffic signal. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
synonyms : friar
Every month the Hindu mendicant would arrive to collect alms. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) practicing beggary
"mendicant friars"
The mendicant friars were followers of Saint Francis of Assisi. -added by naila_inlas

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mendicant woman and child

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(Tag: Global) mendicant ~ Men + d I + Can t : men who say I can't, they don't like to work and sometimes start practising beggary
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Mnemonics for mendicant

(Tag: ) Mandi me chant karta hua bhikhari
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(Tag: English) sounds like "mendi-coat" a local name for some game of cards. Can you remember some other card game "bhikari" or "beggar"
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(Tag: ) mendicant= men + dicant(empty something)...men with no money..beggar
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(Tag: English) One who can't be mended i.e., a perfect person who doesn't indulge in material affairs to earn food.
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(Tag: ) Men+die+cant= men die because they can't work so they beg to survive
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(Tag: Help with Root Word (Cant)) Mendicant = Mandi (A shopping place from hindi) + cant(Etymology - Is to sing).. (Singing in Mandi) Is a begger right ?
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(Tag: ) mend+cant: one who cant mend his clothes begs for help
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(Tag: english) mendi+cant...railway cant par beggar rehte hai
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