mendicant
mendicant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars. Mendicant orders (R. C. Ch.), certain monastic orders which are forbidden to acquire landed property and are required to be supported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinians.
- 2.A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- applicant
- aspirant
- bagman
- beggar
- bidder
- bum
- cadger
- candidate
- canvasser
- case
- child
- claimant
- client
- competitor
- core
- flower
- hard
- hobo
- homeless
- hotel
- hunter
- knight
- mumper
- pauper
- person
- petitioner
- place
- poor
- postulant
- pot
- poverty
- prizer
- road
- runner
- salesman
- seeker
- solicitor
- sponger
- steerer
- stiff
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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