Mendicant orders
(R. C. Ch.),
certain monastic orders which are forbidden to acquire landed property
and are required to be supported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the Dominicans, the Carmelites, and
the Augustinians.
Mendicant
(Men"di*cant), n. A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging
friar.
Mendicate
(Men"di*cate) v. t.& i. [L. mendicatus, p. p. of mendicare to beg.] To beg. [R.] Johnson.
Mendication
(Men`di*ca"tion) n. The act or practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy. Sir T. Browne.
Mendicity
(Men*dic"i*ty) n. [L. mendicitas: cf. F. mendicité. See Mendicant.] The practice of begging; the
life of a beggar; mendicancy. Rom. of R.
Mendinant
(Men"di*nant) n. A mendicant or begging friar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mendment
(Mend"ment) n. Amendment. [Obs.]
Mendole
(Men"dole) n. [Cf. F. mendol, mendole.] (Zoöl.) The cackerel.
Mendregal
(Men"dre*gal) n. (Zoöl.) Medregal.
Mends
(Mends) n. See Amends. [Obs.] Shak.
Menge
(Menge) v. i. [imp. Mente, Meinte; p. p. Ment, Meint.] [See Mingle.] To mix. [Obs.] Spenser.
Menhaden
(Men*ha"den) n. (Zoöl.) An American marine fish of the Herring family (Brevoortia tyrannus),
chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; — called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog,
pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.
Menhir
(Men"hir) n. [F. Armor. men stone + hir high.] A large stone set upright in olden times as a
memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe.
Menial
(Men"ial) a. [OE. meneal, fr. meine, maine, household, OF. maisniée, maisnie, LL. mansionaticum.
See Mansion, and cf. Meine, n., Meiny.]
1. Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.
Two menial dogs before their master pressed.
Dryden. 2. Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean. " Menial offices." Swift.
Menial
(Men"ial), n.
1. A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.
2. A person of a servile character or disposition.
Ménière's disease
(Mé`nière's" dis*ease") (Med.) A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting
in incoördination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular
canals of the internal ear. Named after Ménière, a French physician.
Menilite
(Men"i*lite) n. [F. ménilite; — so called because it is found at Ménilmontant, near Paris.] (Min.)
See Opal.
Meningeal
(Me*nin"ge*al) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the meninges.