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renunciants

renunciants is the plural of renunciant.

Meaning of renunciant

Noun

renunciant (plural renunciants)

  1. A person who renounces something; especially, someone who renounces worldly life for spiritual reasons, or a person who renounces their citizenship.
    • The stereotypical image of the Jain renunciant is a monk (or possibly nun) dutifully sweeping the ground gently before him with a small broom […].2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 10

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Questions about renunciants

What is renunciants the plural of?
Renunciants is the plural of renunciant.

Words near renunciants in the dictionary

  1. renumeration
  2. renumerations
  3. renunciable
  4. renunciance
  5. renunciant
  6. renunciants
  7. renunciate
  8. renunciates
  9. renunciation
  10. renunciations
  11. renunciative

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