mendicancy

Noun
Synonyms: beggarymendicitybegging

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

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

Mendicancy \Men"di*can*cy\, n. The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
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