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mendicant

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Adjective

practicing beggary
- mendicant friars

Noun

a pauper who lives by begging

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

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Synonyms:
beggar friar

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Words contain "mendicant" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
mendicant white friar dominican order order of our lady of mount carmel carmelite order fakir faqir faquir fakeer sanyasi more...

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