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MENDICANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pauper who lives by begging
Synonyms:
beggar; mendicant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mendicant" is a kind of...):
pauper (a person who is very poor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mendicant"):
beggarman (a man who is a beggar)
beggarwoman (a woman who is a beggar)
cadger; mooch; moocher; scrounger (someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free))
panhandler (a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money)
sannyasi; sannyasin; sanyasi (a Hindu religious mendicant)
Instance hyponyms:
Lazarus (the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar)
Derivation:
mendicant (practicing beggary)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
Synonyms:
friar; mendicant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mendicant" is a kind of...):
religious (a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mendicant"):
Carmelite; White Friar (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers)
Black Friar; Blackfriar; Dominican; friar preacher (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order)
Franciscan; Grey Friar (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order)
Augustinian (a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders)
Derivation:
mendicant (practicing beggary)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Practicing beggary
Example:
mendicant friars
Classified under:
Similar:
beseeching; imploring; pleading (begging)
Derivation:
mendicancy (a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person))
mendicant (a pauper who lives by begging)
mendicant (a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms)
