pauperagen.
/ˈpɔːp(ə)rɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpɔp(ə)rɪdʒ/, /ˈpɑp(ə)rɪdʒ/ = pauperdom n.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poverty with dependence on public relief
pauperism1807
tax-eating1817
poorhouse1821
pauperage1831
pauperdom1833
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief > collectively
almsfolk1460
bead-folk?1465
pauperage1831
pauperism1857
1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters iv. 159 The town..accused him of introducing the curse of pauperage.
1866 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 404 We would not rob you [sc. England] of a single one of your valuable institutions—state-church, peerage, and pauperage.
1963 D. Hoffman City of Satisfactions ii. 31 Bleared and grizzled, the late triumphant hosts Of Budapest Outstretched their hands in pauperage and pain And pride.
1990 Newsday (Nexis) 10 June 7 This [sc. suing for damages] is not a reprisal usefully applied to the general pauperage of the lifelong convict's condition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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