Wordiyomendicant
🇬🇧 UK/'mendikәnt/🇺🇸 US
GREB1
Definitions
n.
A person who lives by begging; a member of a religious order who begs for a living.
乞丐；托钵僧
adj.
Depending on charity or begging for a living; relating to begging friars.
行乞的；托钵修道会的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishmendicantother
=mendicant
Example Sentences
- 1.
A mendicant friar traveled from town to town.
- 2.
Many mendicants gathered at the temple seeking food and shelter.
- 3.
The mendicant order lived a life of simplicity and poverty.