mendicant
adjective /ˈmendɪkənt/
/ˈmendɪkənt/
(formal)- (especially of members of religious groups
) living by asking people for money and food尤指宗教成员 化缘的;行乞的 词源late Middle English: from Latin mendicant- ‘begging’, from the verb mendicare, from mendicus ‘beggar’, from mendum ‘fault’.