From the Latin, 'mendicare', meaning to beg. As a noun, it is another word, infrequently used, for 'beggar'.
Most often, it serves as an adjective, particularly describing members of a religious order who depend on alms, or on sporadic donations of goods or money for their sustenance. The word in context appears as in 'mendicant friars'.
An evocative word that carries meaning, mental pictures, a range of emotional responses and, very likely, a memory.
Most often, it serves as an adjective, particularly describing members of a religious order who depend on alms, or on sporadic donations of goods or money for their sustenance. The word in context appears as in 'mendicant friars'.
An evocative word that carries meaning, mental pictures, a range of emotional responses and, very likely, a memory.
