Word of the Day - Mendicant

[debodun]

Mendicant (noun) - a beggar.

The mendicant hoped pedestrians would drop money in his bucket.

 

[terry123]

Never heard this word before, Deb. I will probably remember it but its not a word I would use in every day conversation.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Have always had a soft spot in my heart for mendicants. While some have chosen that path in life, many others haven't.

 

[RubyK]

Francis is the first pope to name himself after the mendicant friar, who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and service to the poor.

 

[MarkinPhx]

Mendicants Banquet ?