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mendicancy

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. the state of being a beggar or mendicant

    noun.state

    Examples
    They were reduced to mendicancy.
    Synonyms beggary mendicity

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

    noun.communication

    Synonyms beggary begging

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

mendelismmendelsohnmendelssohnmendenhall glaciermendermendiantmendicantmendicatemendicationmendicitymendinantmending

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