Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Depending on alms for a living.
Bettel-
нищенствующийniščenstvujuščij
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to a beggar.
нищенскийniščenskij
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
More definitions
- practicing beggary
Examples
4 sentencesTom gave three dollars to a mendicant.
Tom is a mendicant.
I was a mendicant.
Tom became a mendicant.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
depending on alms:
of or pertaining to a beggar:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
depending on alms:
Origin
From Middle English mendicant, from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”)From Middle English mendicant, from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.
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Word family
2 related wordsRelatedmendicancy
Derivedmendicant order