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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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