| NOUN | person | mendicant, friar | a male member of a religious order that originally / originally relied solely on alms |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | mendicant, beggar | a pauper who lives by begging | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | mendicant | practicing beggary |
| Meaning | Practicing beggary. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "mendicant friars" | |
| Broader | beseeching, pleading, imploring | begging |
| Spanish | mendicante | |
| Nouns | 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 / originally relied solely on alms | |
| Meaning | A male member of a religious order that originally / originally relied solely on alms. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | friar | |
| Narrower | Augustinian | A Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders |
| Carmelite, White Friar | A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order | |
| Dominican, Black Friar, Blackfriar, 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 | |
| Broader | religious | A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience |
| Spanish | fraile, mendicante | |
| Catalan | frare, mendicant | |
| Adjectives | mendicant | practicing beggary |
| Meaning | A pauper who lives by begging. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | beggar | |
| Instances | Lazarus | The diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar |
| Narrower | beggarman | A man who is a beggar |
| beggarwoman | A woman who is a beggar | |
| moocher, mooch, cadger, 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 | |
| Broader | pauper | A person who is very poor |
| Spanish | mendicante, mendigo | |
| Catalan | captaire, demanaire, mendicant, pidolaire | |
| Adjectives | mendicant | practicing beggary |
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