Synonyms for mendicant

Noun

1. friar, mendicant, religious

usage: a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms

2. beggar, mendicant, pauper, poor man

usage: a pauper who lives by begging

Adjective

1. mendicant, beseeching (vs. imperative)

usage: practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"