Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.
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A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.
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A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
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A packman or itinerant huckster.
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Alt. of Carmelin
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Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him.
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Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
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A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
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A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.
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Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religi…
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The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging.
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The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging.
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One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
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A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Aug…
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