mendicity

Noun
Synonyms: beggarymendicancy

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the state of being a beggar or mendicant“they were reduced to mendicancy”Synonyms: beggarymendicancy
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mendicity \Men*dic"i*ty\, n. [L. mendicitas: cf. F. mendicit['e]. See Mendicant.] The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy. --Rom. of R. [1913 Webster]
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