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What does the word “mendicant” mean? Why would groups like the Franciscans call themselves “mendicant?”

What does the word “mendicant” mean? Why would groups like the Franciscans call themselves “mendicant?”
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What does the word “mendicant” mean? Why would groups like the Franciscans call themselves “mendicant?”

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mendicant is basically someone who is a beggar.They or adopted a strict life of poverty, and therefore had to “beg.”
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