mendicant friar
1mendicant — [men′di kənt] adj. [L mendicans (gen. mendicantis), prp. of mendicare, to beg < mendicus, needy: for base see MENDACIOUS] 1. asking for alms; begging 2. of or characteristic of a beggar 3. designating or of any of various religious orders… …
2mendicant — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist, Waldensian, abbacomes, abbot, abstainer, abstinent, anchorite, anchoritic, ascetic, austere, beadsman, beggar, beggared, beggarly, begging, bereaved, bereft,… …
3mendicant — adj. & n. adj. 1 begging. 2 (of a friar) living solely on alms. n. 1 a beggar. 2 a mendicant friar. Derivatives: mendicancy n. mendicity n. Etymology: L mendicare beg f. mendicus beggar f. mendum fault …
4mendicant — men•di•cant [[t]ˈmɛn dɪ kənt[/t]] adj. 1) begging; living on alms 2) pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar 3) rel of or pertaining to various religious orders, as the Dominicans or the Franciscans, that combine the monastic life with an… …
5mendicant — /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.… …
6Mendicant — One who lived on alms; a mendicant *friar belonging to of one of the three orders, *Franciscan, *Dominican, *Carmelite. Their members lived on alms while travelling in the world beyond their monastery on the look out for and preaching against… …
7Mendicant — Beggar. Member of a religious order dependent upon alms for sustenance. Mendicant friar. See also Franciscans …
8Friar — • A member of one of the mendicant orders Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Friar Friar † …
9Mendicant Friars — • Members of those religious orders which, originally, by vow of poverty renounced all proprietorship not only individually but also (and in this differing from the monks) in common, relying for support on their own work and on the charity of the …
10friar — friar, monk A friar is a member of a mendicant (i.e. living on alms) or originally mendicant religious order of men, especially the Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans, who live among the people and do good works. A monk can… …