mendicant

1. A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms (synset 110131672)
   is a type of: religious - a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
   subtypes:

   • carmelite, white friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
   • black friar, blackfriar, dominican, friar preacher - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
   • franciscan, grey friar - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
   • augustinian - a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders
   same as: friar
2. A pauper who lives by begging (synset 109866418)
   is a type of: pauper - a person who is very poor
   subtypes:

   • beggarman - a man who is a beggar
   • beggarwoman - a woman who is a beggar
   • cadger, mooch, moocher, scrounger - someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
   • panhandler - a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
   • sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi - a Hindu religious mendicant
   specific instances: lazarus - the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar
   same as: beggar

1. Practicing beggary (synset 300717881)
   "mendicant friars"
   similar to: beseeching, imploring, pleading - begging

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