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mendicant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | friar |
| Type of | religious |
| Has types | augustinian, blackfriar, black friar, grey friar, white friar, carmelite, dominican, franciscan, friar preacher |
mendicant::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | mendicancy |
mendicant friars.
Examples of mendicant
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She was cured by a mendicant named Hanum, who was richly rewarded by Shah Jahan.
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It was built for the mendicant order, the Servi di Maria, but is today a hotel.
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A friar, or occasionally fray, is a member of one of the mendicant orders.
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The Servite Order is one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders.
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It did, however, exempt the mendicant orders and the poor who contributed less than 40 sous.
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Before NSW's economy tanked, NSW complained about subsidising the so-called mendicant states.
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Otherwise a disaster population ends up as a permanent mendicant upon the international community.
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Edmund of Langley died in his birthplace and was buried there in the church of the mendicant friars.
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Accompanied by Channa and aboard his horse Kanthaka, Gautama quit his palace for the life of a mendicant.
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- Friar: a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
- Practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"
- Beggar: a pauper who lives by begging
- (mendicancy) beggary: the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"
- (mendicancy) beggary: a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
- The term mendicant (Latin mendicans, begging) refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to survive.
- (Mendicancy) Begging (or panhandling in the US) is to request a donation in a supplicating manner. Beggars are commonly found in public places such as street corners or public transport, where they request money, most commonly in the form of spare change. ...
- A beggar; A religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for a living; 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
- (Mendicants) 1) Beggars; the term referred to members of religious orders who were forbidden to own personal or community property and were required to live on charity; they sometimes sought their income by begging; mendicant is another term for such friars as the Franciscans, Dominicans and ...
