Converse of object

• wander: Alan visited this wandering mendicant in his crude tent and presented him with a copy of the Bible.

• become: They gave up their possessions, put on a saffron robe, shaved their head, and became mendicants or wandering monks.

Adjective modifier

• religious: From the head of the Church down to the lowest, dirtiest religious mendicant, the Church was one mass of seething corruption.

• itinerant: Concomitant with their function as places of worship, mosques served as social centers and as rest houses for travelers and itinerant mendicants.

• simple: Each led the life of a simple mendicant, preaching that individuals should seek their own salvation.

Modifies a noun

• friar: Mendicant friars went out into byways to conquer again the land for Christ.

• order: Another important factor in the development of the universities was their adoption by the mendicant orders.

• house: His next major research project was the history of the mendicant houses of medieval London which was completed in 2004.

• priest: Mendicant Zen priests wearing large braided hats are taking shelter from a sudden shower.

• lifestyle: During his lifetime Mahavira attracted many followers who abandoned the world for the mendicant lifestyle of the Jain monks.