1. relating to or practicing begging
Usage: formal

1. a person who lives by begging
Usage: formal
2. a member of a religious order that originally relied on charity
Usage: religious

Examples

• The mendicant friar walked from town to town seeking alms.
• Medieval mendicant orders included the Franciscans and Dominicans.
• The old man lived a mendicant lifestyle, depending on the kindness of strangers.
• She encountered several mendicants outside the cathedral.
• The mendicant tradition emphasized poverty and charitable giving.
• Mendicant monks took vows of poverty and relied on donations.