mendicant
noun[C]
formaluk/ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/us/ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/someone,especiallyamemberof areligiousgroup, wholivesbyaskingpeoplethey do notknowformoney:
乞丐；（尤指）托钵僧Sheabandonedherjoband hercareer, andlivedas ahomelessmendicant on thestreetsof Philadelphia.
Homelessness
- bag lady
- be of/have no fixed abode/addressidiom
- couchsurfing
- derelict
- displace
- doss
- hobo
- homeless
- homelessness
- hostel
- housing benefit
- on the streetsidiom
- sofa-surfing
- soup kitchen
- street
- street child
- street homeless
- tramp
- waif
- waifs and straysidiom
mendicant
adjective
formaluk/ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/us/ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/relatingto amendicantor to thereligiousgrouptheybelongto, or to someone wholivesin asimilarway:
Vagrant and mendicantpriestsof everydenominationhadflockedinto thecity.
Malemembersof the mendicantordersalsoactedasnursesin theMiddleAges.
- Heturnedto alifeas a mendicantpreacher.
- Thepaintingswereonceused by mendicantmonksas apreachingaid.
Religious people: monks & nuns
- abbess
- abbey
- abbot
- anchorite
- ascetic
- benedictine
- flagellant
- Franciscan
- friar
- friary
- hermit
- monastic
- monasticism
- monk
- mother
- novice
- prioress
- priory
- Trappist monk
- veil