MENDICANT

• MENDICANT (noun)
  The noun MENDICANT has 2 senses:

1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
2. a pauper who lives by begging

  Familiarity information: MENDICANT used as a noun is rare.

• MENDICANT (adjective)
  The adjective MENDICANT has 1 sense:

1. practicing beggary

  Familiarity information: MENDICANT used as an adjective is very rare.

• MENDICANT (noun)

Meaning:

A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

friar; mendicant

Hypernyms ("mendicant" is a kind of...):

religious (a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mendicant"):

Carmelite; White Friar (a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers)

Black Friar; Blackfriar; Dominican; 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)

Augustinian (a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders)

Meaning:

A pauper who lives by begging

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

beggar; mendicant

Hypernyms ("mendicant" is a kind of...):

pauper; poor man (a person who is very poor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mendicant"):

beggarman (a man who is a beggar)

sannyasi; sannyasin; sanyasi (a Hindu religious mendicant)

panhandler (a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money)

cadger; mooch; moocher; scrounger (someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free))

beggarwoman (a woman who is a beggar)

Instance hyponyms:

Lazarus (the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar)

• MENDICANT (adjective)

Meaning:

Practicing beggary

Context example:

mendicant friars

Similar:

beseeching (begging)