| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Begging Hermits | Literature | 1: Were of the Augustine order; they renounced all property, and lived on the voluntary alms of "the faithful." 2: Begging Friars were restricted to four orders: Franciscans (Grey Friars). Augustines (Black Friars), Carmelites (White Friars), and Dominicans (Preaching Friars). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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