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- DictionaryMen·di·cant/ˈmendək(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. given to begging.
noun
- 1. a beggar.
: 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 definition: 1. someone, especially a member of a religious group, who lives by asking people they do not know…. Learn more.
noun. a person who lives by begging; beggar. a member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms. mendicant. / mɛnˈdɪsɪtɪ; ˈmɛndɪkənt /.
A mendicant (from Latin: mendicans, "begging") is one who practices mendicancy, relying chiefly or exclusively on alms to survive.
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 meaning: 1. someone, especially a member of a religious group, who lives by asking people they do not know…. Learn more.
1. Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging. 2. 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.
Jun 28, 2024 · mendicant (plural mendicants) A pauper who lives by begging. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
1. begging; practicing begging; living on alms. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar. noun. 3. a person who lives by begging; beggar. 4. a member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms.
Mendicant Definition. Asking for alms; begging. Of or characteristic of a beggar. Designating or of any of various religious orders whose members originally held no personal or community property, living mostly on alms. A beggar; person who begs for alms. A mendicant friar. A pauper who lives by begging.
