MENDICANCY
beggary, begging, mendicancy
(noun) a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
beggary, mendicancy, mendicity
(noun) the state of being a beggar or mendicant; “they were reduced to mendicancy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mendicancy (countable and uncountable, plural mendicancies)
The act or state of being a mendicant
Source: Wiktionary
Men"di*can*cy, n.
Definition: The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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