mendicity

/mɛnˈdɪsədi/
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Definitions of mendicity
  1. noun
    the state of being a beggar or mendicant
    synonyms: beggary, mendicancy
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    type of:
    indigence, need, pauperisation, pauperism, pauperization, penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
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