mendicant order

noun

Any religious order whose members depend on begging or charity.

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Meanings

nounmendicant order (plural mendicant orders)

plural mendicant orders

  1. Any religious order whose members depend on begging or charity.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 托缽修會 /托钵修会
  • 托缽修會 /托钵修会 (tuōbō xiūhuì)religious order
Finnish kerjäläismunkkikunta
  • kerjäläismunkkikuntareligious order
French ordre mendiant
  • ordre mendiantreligious order
German Bettelorden
  • Bettelordenreligious order
Hungarian koldulórend
  • koldulórendreligious order
Indonesian ordo mendikan
  • ordo mendikanreligious order
Irish ord déirce, ord bocht
  • ord déircereligious order
  • ord bochtreligious order
Italian ordine mendicante
  • ordine mendicantereligious order
Latin ōrdō mendīcāns
  • ōrdō mendīcānsreligious order
Spanish orden mendicante
  • orden mendicantereligious order
Ukrainian жебру́чий о́рден
  • жебру́чий о́рден (žebrúčyj órden)religious order
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“mendicant order.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendicant%20order. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mendicant order,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendicant%20order.

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