mendicant

• Adjectif désignant une personne qui mendie ou vit de la mendicité, ou ce qui se rapporte à la mendicité.

An archaic adjective describing someone who is a beggar or lives by begging; relating to begging.

1. Practicing beggaryC1formal

   Living by begging; relating to the practice of begging for money or alms.

   mendiant

   • The mendicant friar relied on the charity of villagers.
   • His mendicant lifestyle was a matter of necessity, not choice.
   • They encountered a mendicant priest wandering the streets.

2. Relating to beggingC1formal

   Characteristic of or associated with the act of begging or the state of being a beggar.

   relatif à la mendicité

   • The novel depicts a mendicant society where poverty is widespread.
   • She adopted a mendicant approach, asking strangers for help.
   • Mendicant orders traditionally vow poverty and rely on alms.

   Synonymesbeggarly

   Antonymescharitablemunificentopulent

• Nom désignant une personne qui vit de la mendicité, ou un membre d'un ordre religieux qui compte à l'origine exclusivement sur la charité pour subsister.

A noun referring to a person who lives by begging, or a member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms.

1. Religious BeggarC1formal

   A male member of a religious order who originally relied solely on alms for survival, often associated with mendicant orders like the Franciscans or Dominicans.

   Mendiant religieux

   • The mendicant wandered from town to town, preaching and relying on the charity of others.
   • Saint Francis of Assisi was a famous mendicant who embraced a life of poverty.
   • The mendicant order was founded on the principle of living without personal property.

   Synonymesfriar

2. Pauper or BeggarC1formal

   A person who lives by begging, typically a poor individual who asks for money or food from strangers.

   Mendiant (personne qui mendie)

   • The mendicant sat on the street corner, holding out a cup for coins.
   • In medieval times, many mendicants were seen as a part of the urban landscape.
   • The novel's protagonist was a mendicant who struggled to survive in the harsh city.

   Synonymesbeggarcadgermoocherpanhandlerpauperspongertrampvagabondvagrant