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mendiant

mendiant noun: a traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders.

mendiant: a traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits...
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Noun

mendiant (plural mendiants)

  1. A traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders.

Forms of mendiant

pluralmendiants

Origin of mendiant

From French mendiant.

Questions about mendiant

What does mendiant mean?
Mendiant means a traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders.
What part of speech is mendiant?
Mendiant is a noun.
What is the plural of mendiant?
The plural of mendiant is mendiants.

Words near mendiant in the dictionary

  1. Mendez
  2. Mendezes
  3. Mendham
  4. Mendi
  5. Mendia
  6. mendiant
  7. mendiants
  8. Mendias
  9. Mendibles
  10. Mendibleses
  11. mendicament

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