beggary

Noun
Synonyms: beggingmendicancymendicity

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)Synonyms: beggingmendicancy
  2. the state of being a beggar or mendicant“they were reduced to mendicancy”Synonyms: mendicancymendicity
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Beggary \Beg"gar*y\, n. [OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n.]

1.The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty. [1913 Webster]

2.Beggarly appearance. [R.] [1913 Webster]

The freedom and the beggary of the old studio.— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy. [1913 Webster]

Beggary \Beg"gar*y\, a. Beggarly. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
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