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mendicant friar (s) (noun), mendicant friars (pl)
Members of those religious orders, which originally by vow of poverty, renounced all proprietorship or ownership of material things, not only individually but also (and in this, differing from the monks) in common, relying for support on their own work and on the charity of the faithful: Mendicant Friars are also known as "begging friars" because they often ask people for donations of money.
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