Bible Dictionaries
Mendicant

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.

(2):

(a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mendicant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/mendicant.html. 1828.