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mendicant vs Black Friar

Black Friar vs mendicant

mendicant and Black Friar both are nouns.

mendicant is an adjective but Black Friar is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mendicant Yes Yes No No
Black Friar Yes No No No
As nouns, Black Friar is a hyponym of mendicant; that is, Black Friar is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mendicant:
  • mendicant: a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
  • Black Friar: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
mendicant (noun) Black Friar (noun)
a pauper who lives by begging a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
mendicant (adjective) Black Friar (adjective)
practicing beggary
Difference between mendicant and Black Friar

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