mendicancy, n.
(mendicancies)
(mendicancies)
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
beggary begging mendicancy
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hypernym
the state of being a beggar or mendicant
<noun.state>
beggary mendicancy mendicity
sample sentences
"they were reduced to mendicancy"
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