Begging Hermits

were of the Augustine order; they renounced all property, and lived on the voluntary alms of “the faithful.”

⁂ Begging Friars were restricted to four orders: Franciscans (Grey Friars), Augustines (Black Friars), Carmelites (White Friars), and Dominicans (Preaching Friars).

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.