Mendicity
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The state or condition of a beggar; beggarliness.
noun.
The practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
the state of being a
beggar
;
mendicancy
or
beggary
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the state of being a beggar or mendicant
Word Usage
"We are far enough, in this case, from that mendicity which is understood as a means of existence and the essential condition of a life of idleness."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
indigence
need
pauperism
pauperization
penury
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
adiposity
becamp
beef-eating
bronchospasm
clansman
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
mendicancy