Definition of Mendicancy

1. Noun. The state of being a beggar or mendicant. "They were reduced to mendicancy"

Exact synonyms: Beggary, Mendicity
Generic synonyms: Indigence, Need, Pauperism, Pauperization, Penury

2. Noun. A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person).
Exact synonyms: Beggary, Begging
Generic synonyms: Solicitation
Derivative terms: Beg, Beg, Beg, Mendicant

Definition of Mendicancy

1. n. The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging.

Definition of Mendicancy

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mendicancy

mendelian genetics
Mendelian inheritance
Mendelian Inheritance in Man
mendelian ratio
mendelian trait
mendelism
Mendelism
mendelizing
Mendelsohn
Mendelson's syndrome
Mendelssohn
Mendenhall Glacier
mender
menders
mendicancies
mendicancy (current term)
mendicant
mendicant
mendicants
mendicities
mendicity
mendigo
mendigos
mending
mendings
mendole
mendregal
mends
mene
mened

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