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mendicant |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, a. [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr of mendicare to beg, fr mendicus beggar, indigent.] Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as mendicant friars. {Mendicant 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, n. A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mendicant adj : practicing beggary; "mendicant friars" n 1: a male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel [syn: {friar}] 2: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: {beggar}]
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