mendiant

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noun

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

OriginFrench mendiant →
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Meanings

nounmendiant (plural mendiants)

plural mendiants

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

Origin

  1. Frenchmendiant
  2. Englishmendiant

From French mendiant.

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APA

mendiant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendiant

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“mendiant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendiant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mendiant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendiant.

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