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mendicant order

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any religious order whose members depend on begging or charity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 托缽修會 /托钵修会 (tuōbō xiūhuì) — religious order
  • Finnish: kerjäläismunkkikunta — religious order
  • French: ordre mendiant — religious order
  • German: Bettelorden — religious order
  • Hungarian: koldulórend — religious order
  • Indonesian: ordo mendikan — religious order
  • Irish: ord déirce — religious order
  • Irish: ord bocht — religious order
  • Italian: ordine mendicante — religious order
  • Latin: ōrdō mendīcāns — religious order
  • Spanish: orden mendicante — religious order
  • Ukrainian: жебру́чий о́рден (žebrúčyj órden) — religious order