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mendicancy

DEFINITIONS OF: mendicancy

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n the state of being a beggar or mendicant

“they were reduced to mendicancy”
Synonyms:
beggary, mendicity
Type of:
indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury
a state of extreme poverty or destitution

n a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

Synonyms:
beggary, begging
Type of:
solicitation
an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
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