mendicant:
(plural: ‘mendicants‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound, as in “king”)
a Muslim mendicant
a person who lives by begging;
a beggar;
a religious person (a friar) who is not allowed to own property or money and lives only by the money or things (alms) given by others,
Buddhist mendicants accepting alms
Sultana makes it a point to give something, at least a small coin, whenever she sees a mendicant in the streets.
In some parts of the world, people feel proud to give alms to mendicants as they believe that by giving alms to mendicants, they can please their gods.
Some sociologists believe that the practice of respecting and providing for mendicants has bred a new sect of lazy people pretending to be religious and making good easy money from alms!
