mendicant
/ˈmendɪkənt/noun
उच्चारण मेन्डिकन्ट
भिक्षुक, भिखारी, संन्यासी
Advanced wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as synonym
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[C] formal
a person, especially a member of a religious group, who lives by asking people for money and food
भिक्षुक, भिखारी, संन्यासी
- a Buddhist mendicant
- A mendicant sat at the temple gate, holding out a bowl for alms.
- The mendicant walked from town to town with his bowl.
+ 2 more examples
- People gave rice and fruit to the mendicant at the temple steps.
- A wandering mendicant slept under the banyan tree.
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formal
living by asking people for money and food
भिक्षाटन करने वाला
- mendicant monks
- The mendicant sadhus walked from village to village, accepting only food and a place to sleep.
- The mendicant friars lived on whatever food they were offered.
+ 2 more examples
- A mendicant monk blessed the family at the door.
- They followed a mendicant way of life with no property.
Synonyms begging alms-seeking
AaSpelling
men·di·cant
?Which word?
Keep apart mendicant (a beggar) and mendacious (lying), a regular trap.
Mendicant (भिखारी) और mendacious (झूठा) को अलग रखिए, यह नियमित trap है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who lives by begging, especially for religious reasons, is a mendicant; a person who asks for money in the street a beggar; money or food given to the poor alms.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: भिक्षा माँगकर जीने वाला, विशेषकर धार्मिक कारणों से, mendicant; सड़क पर पैसा माँगने वाला beggar; गरीबों को दिया गया पैसा या भोजन alms (भिक्षा)।