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Mendicancy — Men di*can*cy, n. The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. Burke. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mendicancy — index poverty, privation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
mendicancy — (n.) state or condition of beggary, 1790, from MENDICANT (Cf. mendicant) + CY (Cf. cy). Also in this sense was mendicity (c.1400), from O.Fr. mendicité begging, from L. mendicitatem (nom. mendicitas) beggary, mendicity … Etymology dictionary
mendicancy squad — noun police who arrested beggars and homeless people It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the look out for the mendicancy squad. The Gift of the Magi O. Henry 1906 … Wiktionary
mendicancy — noun Date: 1711 1. the condition of being a beggar 2. the practice of begging … New Collegiate Dictionary
mendicancy — /men di keuhn see/, n. 1. the practice of begging, as for alms. 2. the state or condition of being a beggar. [1780 90; MENDIC(ANT) + ANCY] * * * … Universalium
mendicancy — noun The act or state of being a mendicant … Wiktionary
mendicancy — Synonyms and related words: bare cupboard, bare subsistence, beggarliness, beggary, begging, bumming, cadging, deprivation, destitution, empty purse, grinding poverty, gripe, hand to mouth existence, homelessness, impoverishment, indigence, lack … Moby Thesaurus
mendicancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being a beggar: beggary, mendicity. See RICH … English dictionary for students
mendicancy — men·di·can·cy || mendɪkÉ™nsɪ n. poverty, state of destitution; practice of begging … English contemporary dictionary
