1. Practising beggary
   "mendicant friars"

1. A pauper who lives by begging
   "The mendicant sat on the street corner, asking passersby for spare change";
   - beggar
    
2. A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
   "The mendicant devoted his life to serving the poor in his community";
   - friar

Derived forms: mendicants

See also: beseeching, imploring, pleading

Type of: indigent, pauper, religious

Encyclopedia: Mendicant