MENDICANT
Men"di*cant, n.
Defn: A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.
MENDICATE Men"di*cate, v. t.& i. Etym: [L. mendicatus, p. p. of mendicare to beg.]
Defn: To beg. [R.] Johnson.
MENDICATION
Men`di*ca"tion, n.
Defn: The act or practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy. Sir T.
Browne.
MENDICITY
Men*dic"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. mendicitas: cf. F. mendicité. See
Mendicant.]
Defn: The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy. Rom. of R.
MENDINANT
Men"di*nant, n.
Defn: A mendicant or begging friar. [Obs.] Chaucer.