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MENDICANTS
Noun
mendicants
plural of mendicant
Source: Wiktionary
MENDICANT
Men"di*cant, a. Etym: [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent.]
Definition: Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars. Mendicant orders (R. C. Ch.), certain monastic orders which are forbidden to acquire landed property and are required to be supported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinians.
Men"di*cant, n.
Definition: A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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