Usually means: Religious groups practicing poverty, begging.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Mendicant orders)

noun:  Mendicant orders are, primarily, certain Catholic religious orders that have vowed for their male members a lifestyle of poverty, traveling, and living in urban areas for purposes of preaching, evangelization, and ministry, especially to the poor.


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