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- Dictionarymendicant/ˈmɛndɪk(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. given to begging.
noun
- 1. a beggar.
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MENDICANT definition: 1. someone, especially a member of a religious group, who lives by asking people they do not know…. Learn more.
: of, relating to, belonging to, or constituting a religious order combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property. mendicant friars. Friars should not be confused with monks.
MENDICANT meaning: 1. someone, especially a member of a religious group, who lives by asking people they do not know…. Learn more.
The noun mendicant can also refer to a man belonging to a religious order, such as the Franciscan Friars — who do not own personal property but live together in a monastery and survive off alms donated by others. As an adjective, mendicant describes someone who lives such an existence.
Mendicant definition: begging; practicing begging; living on alms.. See examples of MENDICANT used in a sentence.
5 meanings: 1. begging 2. (of a member of a religious order) dependent on alms for sustenance 3. characteristic of a beggar 4..... Click for more definitions.
What does the word mendicant mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word mendicant. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. mendicant has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. Christianity (Middle English) Buddhism (early 1600s) See meaning & use. How common is the word mendicant?
Of or relating to religious orders whose members are forbidden to own property individually or in common and must work or beg for their livings. n. 1. A beggar. 2. A member of a mendicant order.
the practice or act of someone asking people they do not know for money, or the practice of some religious groups of making a living by accepting money from people they do not know: The first sign of his social concerns came in his public attack on mendicancy.
Definition of mendicant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
