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1. (adj.) mendicant
begging; living on alms.
2. mendicant
pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.
3. mendicant
of or pertaining to various religious orders, as the Dominicans or the Franciscans, that combine the monastic life with an active ministry in teaching or preaching and that originally owned neither personal nor community property, living chiefly on alms.
4. (n.) mendicant
a person who lives by begging; beggar.
5. mendicant
a mendicant friar.
Etymology: (1425–75; < L mendīcant-, s. of mendīcāns, prp. of mendīcāre to beg, der. of mendīcus beggarly; see -ant)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) friar, mendicant
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
2. (adj) beggar, mendicant
a pauper who lives by begging
3. (adj) mendicant
practicing beggary
"mendicant friars"
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1. (adj) mendicant
practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars
2. (noun) mendicant
a beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar
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