mendicant
- Adjective. Depending on alms for a living.
- Adjective. Of or pertaining to a beggar.
- Adjective. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
- Noun. A beggar.
- Noun. A religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for a living.
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