What is "mendicant" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does mendicant mean in English? Meaning of mendicant definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "mendicant" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "mendicant": a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

Noun

  • Meaning: a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
  • Synonyms: friar mendicant
  • Hyponyms: augustinian black friar blackfriar carmelite dominican franciscan friar preacher grey friar white friar
  • Hypernyms: religious
  • Meaning of "mendicant": practicing beggary

    Adjective

  • Meaning: practicing beggary
  • Example: mendicant friars
  • Synonyms: mendicant
  • Similar: beseeching imploring pleading
  • Meaning of "mendicant": a pauper who lives by begging

    Noun

  • Meaning: a pauper who lives by begging
  • Synonyms: beggar mendicant
  • Hyponyms: beggarman beggarwoman cadger mooch moocher panhandler sannyasi sannyasin sanyasi scrounger
  • Hypernyms: pauper
  • Instance Hyponyms: lazarus
  • Adjective: Depending on alms for a living.Of or pertaining to a beggar.Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
  • Synonyms:

    vagabond, panhandler, pauper, monk,

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