mendicant order
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MENDICANT ORDER — a religious fraternity, the members of which denude themselves of all private property and live on alms … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
mendicant order — noun : any of various religious orders (as the Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, or Augustinians) in which monastic life and outside religious activity are combined and in which neither personal nor community tenure of property is allowed… … Useful english dictionary
Order of Saint Augustine — Abbreviation OSA Formation March, 1256 Type Catholic religious ord … Wikipedia
Order of Augustinian Recollects — Abbreviation Augustinians Recollects Formation 1588 Type Catholic religious order … Wikipedia
Order of Servites — Order of Servites † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Servites (SERVANTS OF MARY). The Order of Servites is the fifth mendicant order, the objects of which are the sanctification of its members, preaching the Gospel, and the… … Catholic encyclopedia
mendicant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) habitually engaged in begging. 2) (of a religious order) originally dependent on alms. ► NOUN 1) a beggar. 2) a member of a mendicant order. ORIGIN from Latin mendicus beggar … English terms dictionary
mendicant — [ mɛndɪk(ə)nt] adjective given to begging. ↘of or denoting a religious order originally dependent on alms. noun a beggar. ↘a member of a mendicant order. Derivatives mendicancy noun mendicity noun Origin ME: from L. mendicant , mendicare beg ,… … English new terms dictionary
mendicant — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist, Waldensian, abbacomes, abbot, abstainer, abstinent, anchorite, anchoritic, ascetic, austere, beadsman, beggar, beggared, beggarly, begging, bereaved, bereft,… … Moby Thesaurus
mendicant — 1. adjective /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ a) Depending on alms for a living. b) Of or pertaining to a beggar. 2. noun /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ a) A beggar … Wiktionary
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel — noun a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century • Syn: ↑Carmelite order • Hypernyms: ↑order, ↑monastic order • Member Meronyms: ↑Carmelite, ↑White Friar … Useful english dictionary
