mendicancy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being a beggar or mendicant
    mendicity; beggary.
    • they were reduced to mendicancy
  2. noun a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
    begging; beggary.

WordNet


Men"di*can*cy noun
Definitions
  1. The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. Burke.

Webster 1913