mendicant
Word family adjectivemendicantnounmendicancy
men·di·cant /ˈmendəkənt/ noun [countableC] formal RRPOORsomeone who asks people for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons 〔通常因宗教原因〕行乞的人 —mendicant adjectiveadj
Origin mendicant (1300-1400) Latin present participle of mendicare “to beg”, from mendicus “beggar”