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Webster 1913 Edition
Mendicant
Men′di-cant
,Adj.
[L.
mendicans
, -antis
, p. pr. of mendicare
to beg, fr. mendicus
beggar, indigent.] Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms;
as,
. mendicant
friarsMendicant 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.
Men′di-cant
,Noun.
A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mendicant
MEND'ICANT
,Adj.
1.
Begging; poor to a state of beggary; as reduced to a mendicant state.2.
Practicing beggary; as a mendicant friar.MEND'ICANT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
mendicant
mendicant
English
Adjective
mendicant (not comparable)
- 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.
Translations
depending on alms
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of or pertaining to a beggar
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of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs
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Noun
mendicant (plural mendicants)
- A pauper who lives by begging.
- A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
Translations
beggar
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friar
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