MENDICANT Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈmen-di-kənt

Definition of mendicant

as in beggar

a person who lives by public begging those wretched mendicants on the streets of Calcutta

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adjective

as in monastic

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Noun

His eyes alternated between the mendicant and Bob. — Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025 Guido eventually became a Dominican friar, dedicating himself to making art within the mendicant order; after his death, in 1455, he became known as Fra Angelico, or the Angelic Friar. — Louise Bokkenheuser, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025

Adjective

One was that literary journalism anthology the mendicant had flipped through. — Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025 The first mendicant orders, like the Franciscans and Dominicans, received papal approval in the early 13th century. — Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for mendicant

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Noun

Dhaka’s rundown streets peppered with the homeless, vendors and child beggars.

— Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of beggar

Adjective

From ancient times, various monastic orders have followed a more expansive form of brahmacharya, one that restricts eight types of engagement with the opposite gender.

— Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
But the units are monastic, at least by the standards of Nashville upperclassmen, who usually live in singles or in apartments off campus.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of monastic

Adjective

Its accompanying music video, directed by longtime U2 collaborator Anton Corbijn, was filmed in the California desert and satirizes the band as a religious cult in which women do the heavy lifting.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week Hasan’s execution would be livestreamed, eliciting pushback from Democrats, Republicans and religious advocates about the idea.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of religious

Adjective

These bog bodies tell stories of a time when humans were sacrificed to the gods in bogs, as otherworldly margins between the human and divine realms, or when social outcasts met a cruel, violent end for failing to conform to societal standards.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The temple, the largest in Aurora, was crowded Sunday with thousands observing the first day of Navaratri, a nine-night celebration of Shakti -- the divine feminine energy believed to be foundational to all creation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of divine

Adjective

In the Middle East, where gods were born, where narratives were sacred and the books in which they were inscribed considered sacramental, the ancient narratives are glorified again.

— Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
More than a century ago, French Catholic missionaries introduced winemaking to northern Yunnan, producing vines for sacramental wine and leaving behind a legacy that blends European techniques with local Tibetan culture.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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