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mendicancy|ˈmɛndɪkənsɪ|
[f. next: see -ancy.]
The state or condition of being a mendicant or beggar; the habit or practice of begging.
1790Burke Fr. Rev. 197 Nothing..can exceed the shocking and disgusting spectacle of mendicancy displayed in that capital. 1893Stevenson Catriona xxv, I began to pull on my hose, recalling the man's impudent mendicancy at Prestongrange's. |