Mendicant Common

Mendicant has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions

Noun

1

a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

friar mendicant

2

a pauper who lives by begging

beggar mendicant

3

A pauper who lives by begging.

Adjective

1

practicing beggary

"mendicant friars"

mendicant

2

Depending on alms for a living.

See Also

living alms dervish friar khakkhara sannyasi white friar beggar

Related Terms

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

religious pauper

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

Carmelite Dominican Franciscan Augustinian beggarman beggarwoman moocher panhandler sannyasi

Rhyming Words

ant fant gant pant cant zant hant want tant lant vant sant rant kant quant shant idant beant grant brant

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