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Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.
A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.
a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms
a pauper who lives by begging
(English) A member of a religious order that adheres to vows of poverty.
The term mendicant (Latin mendicans, begging) refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to survive.
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