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Definition of Mendicity
1. Noun. The state of being a beggar or mendicant. "They were reduced to mendicancy"
Generic synonyms: Indigence, Need, Pauperism, Pauperization, Penury
Definition of Mendicity
1. n. The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy.
Definition of Mendicity
1. Noun. the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mendicity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mendicity
Literary usage of Mendicity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"A. VAGRANCY AND mendicity. In examining the etiology of these ... As a first
cause of vagrancy and mendicity is the fact that under capitalism there are ..."
2. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"One of the greatest curses which can afflict a civilised society is the prevalence
of mendicity ; and it is very much to bo regretted that the prejudices of ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1816)
"I do not believe there is one case in a hundred of mendicity, where the object
applying for relief is at all deserving; of the fostering hand of benevolence ..."
4. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1816)
"mendicity.—An anonymous correspondent has favoured us wilh the following curious
... The happy day was now appointed, but not [The subject of mendicity has ..."
5. James Mill: A Biography by Alexander Bain (1882)
"The author then proceeds to review the causes of mendicity. They include—(i)
Soldiering; (2) The State Lottery; (3) Drink; (4) Local demands for temporary ..."
6. Monthly Review (1820)
"The First Report of the Society established in London for the Suppression of
mendicity. 8vo. is. Whitely, and all Booksellers. 1819. ..."
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