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mendicant order — noun Any religious order whose members depend on begging or charity … Wiktionary
MENDICANT ORDER — a religious fraternity, the members of which denude themselves of all private property and live on alms … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Order of Saint Augustine — Abbreviation OSA Formation March, 1256 Type Catholic religious ord … Wikipedia
Order of Augustinian Recollects — Abbreviation Augustinians Recollects Formation 1588 Type Catholic religious order … Wikipedia
Order of Servites — Order of Servites † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Servites (SERVANTS OF MARY). The Order of Servites is the fifth mendicant order, the objects of which are the sanctification of its members, preaching the Gospel, and the… … Catholic encyclopedia
mendicant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) habitually engaged in begging. 2) (of a religious order) originally dependent on alms. ► NOUN 1) a beggar. 2) a member of a mendicant order. ORIGIN from Latin mendicus beggar … English terms dictionary
mendicant — [ mɛndɪk(ə)nt] adjective given to begging. ↘of or denoting a religious order originally dependent on alms. noun a beggar. ↘a member of a mendicant order. Derivatives mendicancy noun mendicity noun Origin ME: from L. mendicant , mendicare beg ,… … English new terms dictionary
mendicant — 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
mendicant — 1. adjective /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ a) Depending on alms for a living. b) Of or pertaining to a beggar. 2. noun /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ a) A beggar … Wiktionary
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel — noun a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century • Syn: ↑Carmelite order • Hypernyms: ↑order, ↑monastic order • Member Meronyms: ↑Carmelite, ↑White Friar … Useful english dictionary
