mendicant

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1. mendicant - Noun

2. mendicant - Adjective

3. mendicant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.

A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.

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I have pleaded (labor's) case, not in the quavering tones of a feeble mendicant asking alms, but in the thundering voice of the captain of a mighty host, demanding the rights to which free men are entitled. John L. Lewis

The life of a mendicant during pilgrimages helped me to develop in a great measure forbearance, equal vision and a balanced mind in pleasure and pain. I met many Mahatmas and learnt wonderful lessons. On some days I had to go without food and walk mile after mile. With a smile I faced all hardships. Swami Sivananda

The life of a mendicant during pilgrimages helped me to develop in a great measure forbearance, equal vision and a balanced mind in pleasure and pain. Swami Sivananda

mendicant friars Source: Internet

A great deal is known about Aztec religion due to the work of the early mendicant friars in their work to convert the indigenous to Christianity. Source: Internet

Accompanying the rise of the "new towns" throughout Europe, mendicant orders were founded, bringing the consecrated religious life out of the monastery and into the new urban setting. Source: Internet

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