Legal Definitions - mendicatorie

MENDICATORIE

mendicatorie (men-di-kə-tor-ee-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. As a supplicant or beggar.

The term mendicatorie is a legal Latin term that refers to someone who is begging or asking for something as a supplicant. This term is often used in historical contexts.

• During the Middle Ages, many people were forced to live as mendicants, begging for food and shelter.
• The monks at the monastery would often give alms to the mendicants who came to their door.

The first example illustrates how the term mendicatorie was used to describe people who were begging for basic necessities like food and shelter. The second example shows how the term was used in a religious context, where monks would give alms to those who were begging as a form of charity.