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mendicant means:

When evil times curtail the fund whence alms are supplied, the mendicant must fall back on legal relief.In this sentence, mendicant means:
a.idler
b.minor
c.beggar
d.worker

Mendicant is a noun that means a pauper who lives by begging
 
People who live off begging can be called mendicants. However, you probably wouldn't call your kids mendicants, even though they beg you for stuff, because the word mendicant also implies extreme poverty.
The noun mendicant can also refer to a man belonging to a religious order, such as the Franciscan Friars — who do not own personal property but live together in a monastery and survive off alms donated by others. As an adjective, mendicant describes someone who lives such an existence.
 
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