Mendicant - Wikipedia A mendicant (from Latin: mendicans, "begging") is one who practices mendicancy, relying chiefly or exclusively on alms to survive
Mendicant | Definition, History, Orders, Facts | Britannica Mendicant, member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders who assumes a vow of poverty and supports himself or herself by work and charitable contributions The four major mendicant orders are the Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians, and Carmelites
MENDICANT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar 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 - definition of mendicant by The Free Dictionary 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