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Meaning of "mendicant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MENDICANT

From Latin mendīcāre to beg, from mendīcus beggar, from mendus flaw.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MENDICANT

mendicant  [ˈmɛndɪkənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENDICANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mendicant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MENDICANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mendicant

Mendicant

A mendicant is one who practises mendicancy and relies chiefly or exclusively on charitable donations to survive. In principle, mendicant religious orders do not own property, either individually or collectively, and members have taken a vow of poverty, in order that all their time and energy could be expended on practicing or preaching and serving the poor. It is a form of asceticism. Many religious orders adhere to a mendicant way of life, including the Catholic mendicant orders, Hindu ascetics, some dervishes of Sufi Islam, and the monastic orders of Jainism and Buddhism. In the Catholic Church, followers of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Dominic became known as mendicants, as they would beg for food while they preached to the villages. While mendicants are the original type of monks in Buddhism and have a long history in Indian Hinduism and the countries which adapted Indian religious traditions, they didn't become widespread in Christianity until the High Middle Ages. The Way of a Pilgrim depicts the life of an Eastern Christian mendicant.

Definition of mendicant in the English dictionary

The first definition of mendicant in the dictionary is begging. Other definition of mendicant is dependent on alms for sustenance. Mendicant is also characteristic of a beggar.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MENDICANT


abdicant
ˈæbdɪkənt
applicant
ˈæplɪkənt
communicant
kəˈmjuːnɪkənt
contraindicant
ˌkɒntrəˈɪndɪkənt
dedicant
ˈdɛdɪkənt
desiccant
ˈdɛsɪkənt
eradicant
ɪˈrædɪkənt
fabricant
ˈfæbrɪkənt
indicant
ˈɪndɪkənt
insignificant
ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
intoxicant
ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt
lubricant
ˈluːbrɪkənt
medicant
ˈmedɪkənt
nonsignificant
ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
predicant
ˈprɛdɪkənt
prejudicant
prɪˈdʒuːdɪkənt
radicant
ˈrædɪkənt
significant
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
toxicant
ˈtɒksɪkənt
vacant
ˈveɪkənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENDICANT

mendaciously
mendaciousness
mendacities
mendacity
Mendel
Mendel´s laws
Mendeleev´s law
mendelevium
Mendeleyev
Mendelian
Mendelianism
Mendelism
Mendelssohn
mender
Menderes
Mendes
mendicancy
mendicity
mendigo
mending

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENDICANT

Alacant
alicant
cant
complicant
coruscant
cosecant
decant
descant
detoxicant
emicant
formicant
job applicant
nigricant
noncommunicant
provocant
recant
scant
secant
urticant
vesicant

Synonyms and antonyms of mendicant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MENDICANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mendicant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mendicant

Translation of «mendicant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENDICANT

Find out the translation of mendicant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mendicant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mendicant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乞丐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mendicante
570 millions of speakers

English

mendicant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भिक्षुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متسول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нищий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mendicante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিক্ষাজীবী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mendiant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendicant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bettler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

托鉢僧
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탁발
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mendicant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ăn xin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிச்சைக்காரன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भिकारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dilenci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mendicante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żebrakiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жебрак
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cerșetor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επαίτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mendicant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mendicant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mendicant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENDICANT»

The term «mendicant» is normally little used and occupies the 122.850 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENDICANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mendicant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mendicant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mendicant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENDICANT»

Discover the use of mendicant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mendicant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Franciscan Organisation in the Mendicant Context: Formal and ...
The term "organisation" has been given a wide definition in the articles published in this volume. They offer a survey of general issues related to the structuring and running of religious orders as well as a number of case studies.
Michael Robson, Jens Röhrkasten, 2010
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Building Colonial Cities of God: Mendicant Orders and Urban ...
This book tracks New Spain's mendicant orders past their so-called golden age of missions into the ensuing centuries and demonstrates that they had equally crucial roles in what Melvin terms the "spiritual consolidation" of cities.
Karen Melvin, 2012
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The Black Mendicant
Paul Féval. 78 ' rnnunncx mnnnronn'r. He had hardl whispered these words, and pointed significantly at a paper whic he drew from beneath the breast ot his military coat, when he fell back. ' “ Ban mail-a-moin was dead 1” . , The old negro  ...
Paul Féval, 1847
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The Friars: The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval ...
C.H. Lawrence here analyses the origins and growth of these orders, as well as the impact which they had upon the medieval world – in the areas of politics and education as well as religion.
C.H. Lawrence, 2013
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Preaching the Crusades: Mendicant Friars and the Cross in ...
The book explains how the propaganda campaigns were organized and how the recruitment of crusaders took place.
Christoph T. Maier, 1998
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The Mendicant Houses of Medieval London, 1221-1539
The mendicant Orders had a profound impact on urban society, life and culture from the thirteenth century onwards.
Jens Röhrkasten, 2004
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Mammoth Books presents The Adventure of the Amateur ...
Mr Pendleton-Smythe, an excluded schoolboy turned military man, visits Holmes surreptitiously having been hiding out of fear for his life.
Johnathan Betancourt, 2012
8
Francis and Dominic and the Mendicant Orders
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Sir John Herkless, 2012
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Fatherless Fanny; Or, Memoirs of a Little Mendicant and Her ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Clara Reeve, 2012
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Regular Life: Monastic, Canonical, and Mendicant Rules
The first edition was published in 1997. There is no index.
Daniel Marcel La Corte, Douglas J. McMillan, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENDICANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mendicant is used in the context of the following news items.
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than one way back to black - Financial Review
Mendicant states such as Tasmania should be compensated, if necessary, out of other federal revenues. Geoffrey Lehmann is former chairman ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
Government policy on remote communities has failed
In the separatist, collectivist, command economy of Central Australia, Hermannsburg is a mendicant community that absorbs tens of millions of ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
BHGP EXCLUSIVE: BLACK & GOLD FOOTBALL SURVEY #2
... caused her, apologize sincerely to her and her new husband Brent, then quietly leave and begin your new life as a mendicant preacher. «Black Heart Gold Pants, Jul 15»
4
Planning a trip to Dublin? Here's my insider's guide to the Fair City
My advice is to give the chocolate or the banana to a young mendicant - alas, a coin may be used to purchase opiates - and, in my experience, ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Aussie PM Tony Abbott Cancels All Government Wind Farm Subsidies
In doing so Mr Abbott has sent a clear message to the mendicant green renewable energy sector that there will be no more cheap ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
6
Local government 'overlooked' in discussion document
"The fact that local government is absent from all the options put forward reduces it to mendicant status vis a vis the states, yet it is intricately ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
DANCE OF ETERNAL BLISS
Deciding to teach them a lesson, Siva as a young mendicant accompanied by his beautiful wife (Vishnu as Mohini) went into the forests. «The Indian Panorama, Jul 15»
8
George Will: Tantrum masquerades as governance
Tsipras is a peculiar phenomenon, a defiant mendicant. He urged voters to do what they did. In voting “no,” they asserted that Greece's dignity ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Jul 15»
9
Will: Greek crisis reminds that the EU was a terrible idea
Tsipras is a peculiar phenomenon, a defiant mendicant. He urged voters to do what they did. In voting “no,” they asserted Greece's dignity is ... «LubbockOnline.com, Jul 15»
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George F. Will / A tantrum masquerading as governance
Tsipras is a peculiar phenomenon, a defiant mendicant. He urged voters to do what they did. In voting "no," they asserted that Greece's dignity ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mendicant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mendicant>. Apr 2024 ».
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