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mendicant in Catalan

mendicant in Catalan is mendicant — mendicant means a member of a religious order that owns no property and lives on charity, such as a Franciscan or Dominican friar.

mendicant in Catalan

mendicant
adj
Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
mendicant
noun
A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.

What does "mendicant" mean?

  1. noun A member of a religious order that owns no property and lives on charity, such as a Franciscan or Dominican friar.
    "The mendicants arrived barefoot and asked only for bread."
  2. noun A person who lives by begging.
    "Mendicants gathered at the cathedral steps each evening."
  3. adjective Living on alms, or given to begging.
    "He joined a mendicant order in his twenties."
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mendicant in a sentence

  • The mendicants arrived barefoot and asked only for bread.
  • Buddhist mendicants walk the villages each morning with alms bowls.
  • Mendicants gathered at the cathedral steps each evening.
  • He joined a mendicant order in his twenties.

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What is "mendicant" in Catalan?

"mendicant" in Catalan is mendicant. mendicant means: A member of a religious order that owns no property and lives on charity, such as a Franciscan or Dominican friar.

How do you use "mendicant" in a sentence?

Example: "The mendicants arrived barefoot and asked only for bread." In Catalan, "mendicant" is mendicant.

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