English-Thai Dictionary

mendicant

ADJ ซึ่ง ดำรงชีวิต ด้วย การ ขอทาน  alms-seeking sueng-fam-rang-che-wid-dui-kan-kor-tan

 

mendicant

N คน ขอทาน  ขอทาน  panhandler vagabond beggar kan-kor-tan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MENDICANT

a.[L. mendicans, from mendico, to beg; allied to L. mando, to command, demand. ] 1. Begging; poor to a state of beggary; as reduced to a mendicant state.
2. Practicing beggary; as a mendicant friar.

 

MENDICANT

n.A beggar; one that makes it his business to beg alms; one of the begging fraternity of the Romish church.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MENDICANT

Men "di *cant, a. Etym: [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent. ]

 

Defn: Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars. Mendicant orders (R. C. Ch. ), certain monastic orders which are forbidden to acquire landed property and are required to be supported by alms, esp. the Franciscans, the Dominicans, the Carmelites, and the Augustinians.

 

MENDICANT

MENDICANT Men "di *cant, n.

 

Defn: A beggar; esp. , one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mendicant

men di cant |ˈmendikənt ˈmɛndəkənt | ▶adjective given to begging. • of or denoting one of the religious orders that originally relied solely on alms: a mendicant friar. ▶noun a beggar. • a member of a mendicant order. DERIVATIVES men di can cy |-kənsē |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin mendicant- ‘begging, ’ from the verb mendicare, from mendicus ‘beggar, ’ from mendum ‘fault. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

mendicant

mendicant |ˈmɛndɪk (ə )nt | ▶adjective given to begging. • of or denoting one of the religious orders who originally relied solely on alms: a mendicant friar. ▶noun a beggar. • a member of a mendicant order. DERIVATIVES mendicancy noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin mendicant- ‘begging ’, from the verb mendicare, from mendicus ‘beggar ’, from mendum ‘fault ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mendicant

mendicant noun See beggar.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mendicant

mendicant noun beggar, beggarman, beggarwoman, tramp, vagrant, vagabond, cadger; informal scrounger, sponger; N. Amer. hobo; N. Amer. informal schnorrer, mooch, moocher, bum; rare clochard. ▶adjective begging, cadging; informal scrounging, sponging; N. Amer. informal mooching.

 

Spanish Dictionary

mendicante

mendicante adjetivo /nombre común 1 Que mendiga .2 adjetivo [orden religiosa ] Que vive únicamente de la limosna de los fieles y del trabajo :los franciscanos pertenecen a una orden mendicante .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mendicant

men di cant /méndɪk (ə )nt /形容詞 物乞いをする ; 乞食のような ; 〈修道士が 〉托鉢 （たくはつ ）をする .名詞 C 乞食, 物乞い (beggar ); 托鉢修道士 .