Definition of Mendicity

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

Exact synonyms: Beggary, 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

menderies
menders
mendery
mendicancies
mendicancy
mendicancy squad
mendicant
mendicant order
mendicants
mendicate
mendicated
mendicates
mendicating
mendication
mendicities
mendicity (current term)
mendigo
mendigos
mendinant
mendinants
mending
mendings
mendipite
mendment
mendole
mendozavilite
mendozite
mendregal
mends
mene

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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