mendicant
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mendicant
- /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English mendicant, from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.
adjective
- Depending on alms for a living.
- Of or pertaining to a beggar.
- Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
noun mendicants
- A pauper who lives by begging. I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cros
- A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
