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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Mendicant (0.01056 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Mendicant.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: mendicant mendicant adj : practicing beggary; “mendicant friars” n 1: a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms [syn: friar] 2: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: beggar]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Mendicant Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, a. [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent.] Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, n. A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar. [1913 Webster]

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