mendicant

Meanings

Adjective

• Depending on alms for a living.
• Of or pertaining to a beggar.
• Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.

Noun

• A pauper who lives by begging.
• A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.

Origin

• From Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō. Compare French mendiant.