The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beggary \Beg"gar*y\, n. [OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n.]
   1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar;
      mendicancy; extreme poverty.
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   2. Beggarly appearance. [R.]
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            The freedom and the beggary of the old studio.
                                                  --Thackeray.
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   Syn: Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beggary \Beg"gar*y\, a.
   Beggarly. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beggary
    n 1: a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street
         by an apparently penniless person) [syn: beggary,
         begging, mendicancy]
    2: the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced
       to mendicancy" [syn: beggary, mendicancy, mendicity]