MENDICITY

beggary, mendicancy, mendicity

(noun) the state of being a beggar or mendicant; “they were reduced to mendicancy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mendicity (countable and uncountable, plural mendicities)

the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary

Synonyms

• See also poverty‎

Source: Wiktionary


Men*dic"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. mendicitas: cf. F. mendicité. See Mendicant.]

Definition: The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy. Rom. of R.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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