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Depending on alms for a living. examples
Of or pertaining to a beggar. examples
Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living. examples
plural mendicants
A pauper who lives by begging. quotations examples
I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one.
1856 May, Thomas Hughes, quoting Charles Kingsley, “Prefatory Memoir”, in Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet. […], London: Macmillan and Co., published 1876, page lvi
A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living. examples