noun (n)

• a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  mendicant
  

  source: wordnet30
• A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary.(noun)

  source: webster1913