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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, a. [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of
mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent.]
Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant
friars.
[1913 Webster]
Mendicant orders (R. C. Ch.), certain monastic orders which
are forbidden to acquire landed property and are required
to be supported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the
Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinians.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, n.
A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging;
specifically, a begging friar.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, a. [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of
mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent.]
Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant
friars.
Mendicant orders (R. C. Ch.), certain monastic orders which
are forbidden to acquire landed property and are required
to be supported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the
Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinians.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, n.
A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging;
specifically, a begging friar.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
mendicant
adj : practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"
n 1: a male member of a religious order that originally relied
soley on alms [syn: friar]
2: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: beggar]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mendicant
Catalan a.
1 (lb ca religion) (l en mendicant)
2 begging
Catalan n.
1 (lb ca religion) (l en mendicant)
2 beggar
Latin vb.
(inflection of la mendīcō 3 p pres actv indc)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
mendicant
a.
1 Depending on alms for a living.
2 Of or pertaining to a beggar.
3 Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own
property, and who must beg for a living.
n.
1 A pauper who lives by begging.
2 A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for
a living.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
mendicant
Catalan a.
1 (lb ca religion) (l en mendicant)
2 begging
Catalan n.
1 (lb ca religion) (l en mendicant)
2 beggar
Latin vb.
(inflection of la mendīcō 3 p pres actv indc)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
mendicant
Catalan a.
1 (lb ca religion) (l en mendicant)
2 begging
Catalan n.
1 (lb ca religion) (l en mendicant)
2 beggar
Latin vb.
(inflection of la mendīcō 3 p pres actv indc)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
mendicant
Englanti a.
kerjäläinen
Englanti n.
1 (yhteys uskonto k=en) kerjäläismunkki, mendikantti
2 kerjäläinen
From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
mendicant /mˈɛndɪkənt/
bedelbroeder, bedelmonnik
From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
mendicant /mˈɛndɪkənt/
bedelorde
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Mendicant /mˈɛndɪkənt/
متسوّل
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
mendicant //ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt//
1. просещ
depending on alms
2. просешки
of or pertaining to a beggar
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
mendicant //ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt//
просяк
beggar
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
mendicant /mˈɛndɪkənt/
žebrácký
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
mendicant /mˈɛndɪkənt/
Bettelmönch , Bettler
see: mendicants
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
mendicant /mˈɛndɪkənt/
bettelnd
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
mendicant //ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt//
kerjäläinen 2.
depending on alms
3.
of or pertaining to a beggar
4.
of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
mendicant //ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt//
1. kerjäläinen
beggar
2. kerjäläismunkki
friar
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
mendicant /mˈɛndɪkənt/
1. भीक्षु
"Once prosperous he now leads the life of a mendicant."
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
mendicant /mˈɛndɪkənt/
1. koldus
2. kolduló
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
mendicant /mˈɛndɪkənt/
1. dilencilik eden, dilenen
2. dilenciye mahsus
3. dilenci.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "mendicant":
Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist,
Waldensian, abbacomes, abbot, abstainer, abstinent, anchorite,
anchoritic, ascetic, austere, beadsman, beggar, beggared, beggarly,
begging, bereaved, bereft, bhikshu, brother, bum, bummer, cadger,
cadging, caloyer, celibate, cenobite, conventual, conventual prior,
coupon clippers, deprived, dervish, disadvantaged, drone, eremitic,
fakir, flagellant, fleeced, freeloader, friar, ghettoized,
grand prior, hermit, hieromonach, hobo, idle rich, impoverished,
in need, in rags, in want, indigent, lay abbot, lay brother,
leisure class, loafer, lounge lizard, lumpen proletariat,
mendicant friar, mendicant order, monastic, monk, moocher,
mooching, necessitous, needy, nonworker, on relief, out at elbows,
palmer, panhandler, parasite, pauperized, petitionary, pilgrim,
pillar saint, pillarist, poverty-stricken, prayerful, precative,
prior, puritan, puritanical, religieux, religious, rentiers,
rigoristic, sannyasi, schnorrer, scrounger, scrounging,
self-denying, spiv, sponger, starveling, stripped, stylite,
suppliant, supplicant, supplicating, supplicatory,
the unemployable, the unemployed, tramp, underprivileged,
wedded to poverty, yogi, yogin
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 行乞的,托钵的,化缘的;
n. 乞丐,乞讨,托钵僧;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 行乞的,托钵的,化缘的
n. 乞丐,乞讨,托钵僧
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