mendicant (noun)

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• mendicant — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin mendicant , mendicans, present participle of mendicare to beg, from mendicus beggar more at amend Date: 14th century 1. beggar 1 2. often capitalized a member of a religious order (as… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mendicant — noun (C) formal someone who begs for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons mendicant adjective: a mendicant monks order such as the Franciscans …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• mendicant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) habitually engaged in begging. 2) (of a religious order) originally dependent on alms. ► NOUN 1) a beggar. 2) a member of a mendicant order. ORIGIN from Latin mendicus beggar …   English terms dictionary

• mendicant order — noun Any religious order whose members depend on begging or charity …   Wiktionary

• mendicant — noun See beggar 1) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• mendicant order — noun : any of various religious orders (as the Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, or Augustinians) in which monastic life and outside religious activity are combined and in which neither personal nor community tenure of property is allowed… …   Useful english dictionary

• mendicant — [ mɛndɪk(ə)nt] adjective given to begging. ↘of or denoting a religious order originally dependent on alms. noun a beggar. ↘a member of a mendicant order. Derivatives mendicancy noun mendicity noun Origin ME: from L. mendicant , mendicare beg ,… …   English new terms dictionary

• mendicant — {{11}}mendicant (adj.) late 14c., from L. mendicantem (nom. mendicans) prp. of mendicare to beg, ask alms, from mendicus beggar, originally cripple (connection via cripples who must beg), from menda fault, physical defect (see MENDACIOUS (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

• mendicant — /ˈmɛndəkənt / (say menduhkuhnt) adjective 1. begging, practising begging, or living on alms: *reduction to a remnant, and final relegation to the position of a mendicant caste –c.d. rowley, 1970. 2. relating to or characteristic of a beggar.… …  

• mendicant — UK [ˈmendɪkənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms mendicant : singular mendicant plural mendicants very formal someone who belongs to a religious group that lives by asking the public for food, money etc Derived word: mendicant UK / US adjective …   English dictionary

• mendicant — 1. adjective /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ a) Depending on alms for a living. b) Of or pertaining to a beggar. 2. noun /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ a) A beggar …   Wiktionary