mendicant priest; begging monk
Specifically a Buddhist monk who goes around begging for alms as part of religious practice.
A mendicant monk was quietly walking through the town.
Compound of 托鉢 (takuhastu, 'begging for alms') and 僧 (sō, 'monk'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with Buddhist mendicancy.