mendicancy
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dɪ noun
1.
the practice of begging, as for alms.
2.
the state or condition of being a beggar.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | begging |
| 2. | (of a member of a religious order) dependent on alms for sustenance: mendicant friars |
| 3. | characteristic of a beggar |
| —n | |
| 4. | a mendicant friar |
| 5. | a less common word for beggar |
| [C16: from Latin mendīcāre to beg, from mendīcus beggar, from mendus flaw] | |
| 'mendicancy | |
| —n | |
| mendicity | |
| —n | |
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Mendicancy
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Example sentences
When it is impossible to repress mendicancy by the above means they shall prosecute imposters.
Its peculiar brand of belligerent mendicancy has failed to win much sympathy.
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