Associations to the word «Mendicant»

Wiktionary

MENDICANT, adjective. Depending on alms for a living.
MENDICANT, adjective. Of or pertaining to a beggar.
MENDICANT, adjective. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
MENDICANT, noun. A pauper who lives by begging.
MENDICANT, noun. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
MENDICANT ORDER, noun. Any religious order whose members depend on begging or charity

Dictionary definition

MENDICANT, noun. A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms.
MENDICANT, noun. A pauper who lives by begging.
MENDICANT, adjective. Practicing beggary; "mendicant friars".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca