by
Fred Glass
mendicant
(en)
(noun) beggar / (noun) a member of a religious order (as the Franciscans) combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property; friar
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In the winter of 1852, the Alta California newspaper reported that “there has never been so deplorable an exhibition of mendicancy in our streets as may be witnessed daily at this time ...”
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In the winter of 1852, the Alta California newspaper reported that “there has never been so deplorable an exhibition of mendicancy in our streets as may be witnessed daily at this time ...”
notable
5 hours, 22 minutes ago