mendicant

men·di·cant  (mnd-knt)

adj.

Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.

n.

1. A beggar.

2. A member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common, who work or beg for their living.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mendcns, mendcant-, present participle of mendcre, to beg, from mendcus, needy, beggar, from mendum, physical defect.]

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mendi·can·cy, men·dici·ty (-ds-t) n.

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mendicant [ˈmɛndɪkənt]

adj

1. begging

2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (of a member of a religious order) dependent on alms for sustenance mendicant friars

3. characteristic of a beggar

n

1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) a mendicant friar

2. a less common word for beggar

[from Latin mendīcāre to beg, from mendīcus beggar, from mendus flaw]

mendicancy , mendicity [mɛnˈdɪsɪtɪ] n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mendicant - a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms friar religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience Carmelite, White Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers Black Friar, Blackfriar, Dominican, friar preacher - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order Franciscan, Grey Friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order Augustinian - a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders
	2.	mendicant - a pauper who lives by begging         beggar beggarman - a man who is a beggar beggarwoman - a woman who is a beggar cadger, mooch, moocher, scrounger - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) panhandler - a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money pauper - a person who is very poor sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi - a Hindu religious mendicant
Adj.	1.	mendicant - practicing beggary; "mendicant friars" beseeching, imploring, pleading - begging

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mendicant

adjective

begging, sponging (informal), scrounging (informal), mooching (informal), cadging mendicant religious orders

noun

beggar, tramp, vagrant, bum (U.S. informal), pauper, hobo (U.S.), scrounger (informal), vagabond, sponger (informal) He had no fear that he would ever become a mendicant.

Translations

mendicant [ˈmendɪkənt] (frm)

A. ADJ → mendicante

B. N → mendicante mf

mendicant

adj → bettelnd; mendicant monk → Bettelmönch m; mendicant order → Bettelorden nt

n (= beggar) → Bettler(in) m(f); (= monk) → Bettelmönch m