Mendicant
11mendicant — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin mendicant , mendicans, present participle of mendicare to beg, from mendicus beggar more at amend Date: 14th century 1. beggar 1 2. often capitalized a member of a religious order (as… …
12mendicant — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist, Waldensian, abbacomes, abbot, abstainer, abstinent, anchorite, anchoritic, ascetic, austere, beadsman, beggar, beggared, beggarly, begging, bereaved, bereft,… …
13mendicant — [ mɛndɪk(ə)nt] adjective given to begging. ↘of or denoting a religious order originally dependent on alms. noun a beggar. ↘a member of a mendicant order. Derivatives mendicancy noun mendicity noun Origin ME: from L. mendicant , mendicare beg ,… …
14mendicant — noun (C) formal someone who begs for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons mendicant adjective: a mendicant monks order such as the Franciscans …
15mendicant — men•di•cant [[t]ˈmɛn dɪ kənt[/t]] adj. 1) begging; living on alms 2) pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar 3) rel of or pertaining to various religious orders, as the Dominicans or the Franciscans, that combine the monastic life with an… …
16mendicant — /ˈmɛndəkənt / (say menduhkuhnt) adjective 1. begging, practising begging, or living on alms: *reduction to a remnant, and final relegation to the position of a mendicant caste –c.d. rowley, 1970. 2. relating to or characteristic of a beggar.… …
17mendicant — 1. adjective /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ a) Depending on alms for a living. b) Of or pertaining to a beggar. 2. noun /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ a) A beggar …
18Mendicant — One who lived on alms; a mendicant *friar belonging to of one of the three orders, *Franciscan, *Dominican, *Carmelite. Their members lived on alms while travelling in the world beyond their monastery on the look out for and preaching against… …
19mendicant — men|di|cant [ˈmendıkənt] n formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of mendicare to beg , from mendicus beggar ] someone who asks people for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons >mendicant adj …
20Mendicant — Beggar. Member of a religious order dependent upon alms for sustenance. Mendicant friar. See also Franciscans …
