āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
mendicant
/mËÉndÉĒkÉnt/
Mendicant
01
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ, āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ
a person who begs other people for food and money
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In medieval times, mendicants often traveled from town to town seeking alms.
āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯ā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ āĻāĻ āĻļāĻšāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
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02
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§, āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§
a male member of a religious order, such as the Franciscans, Dominicans, or Augustinians, who lives by begging and relies solely on donations for sustenance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Mendicant orders flourished in medieval Europe, preaching and serving the poor.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
mendicant
01
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ, āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ
surviving by begging, either by choice or necessity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The city struggled to manage its growing mendicant population.
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
