mendicancy Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the state of being a beggar or mendicant
mendicity; beggary.
- they were reduced to mendicancy
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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
The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. Burke.