bedelmonnik

Definitions of bedelmonnik
  1. noun
    a pauper who lives by begging
    synonyms: bedelaar, bedelbroeder, bedelman, mendicant
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    types:
    bedelzak, bietser, klaploper, parasiet, sponsenduiker, sponzenduiker, steuntrekker, tafelschuimer, uitkeringstrekker, uitvreter
    someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
    bedelaar, bedelman
    a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
  2. noun
    a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
    synonyms: bedelbroeder, mendicant
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    types:
    karmeliet, karmelietes
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
    dominicaan, predikheer
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
    franciscaan, kordelier
    a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
    type of:
    cenobiet, kloosterling, monnik, religieus
    a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
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