mendicant – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
mendicant
adj.
of the poor; of a beggar; of or pertaining to one who lives on alms
n.
one who is poor; beggar; cleric who lives by charity
Mendicant
A
mendicant (from , "begging") is one who practises
mendicancy (
begging) and relies chiefly or exclusively on
charitable donations to survive. In principle,
mendicant religious orders do not own property, either individually or collectively, and members have taken a
vow of poverty, in order that all their time and energy could be expended on practicing or preaching and serving the poor. It is a form of
asceticism.
mendicant
Noun
1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms
(synonym) friar
(hypernym) religious
(hyponym) Carmelite, White Friar
2. a pauper who lives by begging
(synonym) beggar
(hypernym) pauper, poor man
(hyponym) beggarman
Adjective
1. practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"
(similar) beseeching
Mendicant
(n.)
A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.
(a.)
Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Mendicant
For a woman to dream of mendicants, she will meet with disagreeable interferences in her plans for betterment and enjoyment.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project
