There are a number of saints that belonged to mendicant orders - those that rely entirely on charity to exist. Some of the better known names are St. Francis of Assisi, St. Dominic de Guzman and St. Anthony of Padua.
mendicant
The mendicant was begging at his doorstep yesterday, or the mendicant was praying in church.
Saint Francis of Assisi founded the Friars Minor.
The word "mendicant" is a noun. It refers to a beggar or someone who relies on charitable donations to support themselves.
He rejected working in his father's cloth business and became a wandering mendicant preacher.
Mendicant refers to a person who lives by begging for money or food. A sample sentence is: "The mendicant outside the church fell asleep".
The mendicant always asks for money at that particular store.
Saint John of God was a Portuguese-born mendicant friar who became known for his compassionate care for the sick and poor. He founded the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a religious order dedicated to serving the needy. He is now considered the patron saint of hospitals, the sick, nurses, and firefighters.
Each led the life of a simple mendicant, preaching that individuals should seek their own salvations.
In French, a Mendicant, sometimes Mendiant, is the popular word for a (Bum) a vagrant type of man. Is sometimes applied to a tramp steamer as un Vaisseau Mendicant- which could also, etymologically, be a repair ship or salvage vessel, but is not.
Peregrine mendicant
The mendicant Orders that formed at this time were the Franciscans and the Dominicans, followed by the Carmelites, and the Servites.