| 单词 | mendicant |
| 释义 | mendicant (once / 3028 pages) adjn People who live off begging can be called mendicants. However, you probably wouldn't call your kids mendicants, even though they beg you for stuff, because the word mendicant also implies extreme poverty. The noun mendicant can also refer to a man belonging to a religious order, such as the Franciscan Friars — who do not own personal property but live together in a monastery and survive off alms donated by others. As an adjective, mendicant describes someone who lives such an existence. WORD FAMILYmendicant: mendicancy, mendicants USAGE EXAMPLESHe became a mendicant and began wandering India, and was “driven mad with mental agonies” over what he encountered: ritual, poverty, disease. The New Yorker(Nov 01, 2016) But what are the proper prerogatives of a mendicant legislature avidly seeking maximum leeway to repudiate debts? Washington Post(Apr 27, 2016) Details on the progress of the company’s Mendicant acquisition will also be expected as will the company’s expense controls and international business prospects. Forbes(Jul 30, 2015) 1adj practicing beggary mendicant friars Syn beseeching, imploring, pleading begging 2n a pauper who lives by begging Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper beggar Lazarus the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar beggarman a man who is a beggar beggarwomana woman who is a beggar cadger, mooch, moocher, scroungersomeone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) panhandlera beggar who approaches strangers asking for money sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasia Hindu religious mendicant schnorrer, shnorrer(Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others pauper a person who is very poor 3n a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper friar Girolamo Savonarola Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498) Carmelite, White Friar a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers Black Friar, Blackfriar, Dominican, friar preachera Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order Franciscan, Grey Friara Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order Augustiniana Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders Austin Friarone of the Roman Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine religious a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience |
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