mendicant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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.
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Translations[edit]
depending on alms
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of or pertaining to a beggar
of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs
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Noun[edit]
mendicant (plural mendicants)
- A pauper who lives by begging.
- 1856 May, Thomas Hughes, quoting Charles Kingsley, “Prefatory Memoir”, in Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet. […], London: Macmillan and Co., published 1876, →OCLC, page lvi:
- I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one.
- A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
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Translations[edit]
beggar
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friar
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin mendicans.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /mən.diˈkant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mən.diˈkan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /men.diˈkant/
Adjective[edit]
mendicant m or f (masculine and feminine plural mendicants)
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
mendicant m or f (plural mendicants)
Further reading[edit]
- “mendicant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
mendīcant
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