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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, a. [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of
   mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent.]
   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.

Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, n.
   A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging;
   specifically, a begging friar.

资料来源 : WordNet®

mendicant
     adj : practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"
     n 1: a male member of a religious order that originally relied
          soley on alms [syn: {friar}]
     2: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: {beggar}]