mendicante

Definitions of mendicante
  1. noun
    a pauper who lives by begging
    synonyms: mendigo
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    examples:
    Lázaro
    the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar
    types:
    buitre, chupón, chupóptero, gorrón, sableador, sablista
    someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
    type of:
    indigente, pelado, pobretón
    a person who is very poor
  2. noun
    a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
    synonyms: fraile
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    carmelita
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
    dominico
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
    franciscano
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
    agustiniano, agustino
    a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders
    agustiniano, agustino
    one of the Roman Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine
    type of:
    religioso
    a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
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