Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mendicant
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Mendicant
mendicant
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, mendicans, present participle of mendicare to beg, from mendicus beggar — more at amend Date: 14th century 1. beggar 1 2. often capitalized a member of a religious order (as the Franciscans) combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property ; friar • ~ adjective
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1.
adj. & n. --adj. 1 begging. 2 (of a friar) living solely on alms. --n. 1 a beggar. 2 a mendicant friar. Derivatives mendicancy n. mendicity n. Etymology: L mendicare beg f. mendicus beggar f. mendum fault ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
1. noun 1) нищий; попрошайка 2) hist. монах нищенствующего ордена 2. adj. нищий, нищенствующий ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
~ n formal someone who begs for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons - mendicant adj (a mendicant monks' order such as the Franciscans) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- 1395, from L. mendicantem (nom. mendicans), prp. of mendicare "to beg," from mendicus "beggar," originally "cripple" (connection via cripples who beg), from menda "fault, physical defect." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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