| slovo | definícia |
mendicant
(encz) | mendicant,žebrácký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Mendicant
(gcide) | Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, a. [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of
mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent.]
Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant
friars.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
Mendicant
(gcide) | Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, n.
A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging;
specifically, a begging friar.
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mendicant
(wn) | mendicant
adj 1: practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"
n 1: a male member of a religious order that originally relied
solely on alms [syn: friar, mendicant]
2: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: beggar, mendicant] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
mendicant
(encz) | mendicant,žebrácký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Mendicant orders
(gcide) | Mendicant \Men"di*cant\, a. [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of
mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent.]
Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant
friars.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
mendicant
(wn) | mendicant
adj 1: practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"
n 1: a male member of a religious order that originally relied
solely on alms [syn: friar, mendicant]
2: a pauper who lives by begging [syn: beggar, mendicant] |
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