| 单词 | mendicancy |
| 释义 | mendicancy (once / 33578 pages) n WORD FAMILY mendicant: mendicancy, mendicants USAGE EXAMPLESAs the monastic system was increased, and especially after the mendicant orders had consecrated mendicancy, the evil assumed gigantic dimensions. Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, History of European Morals From Aug...(2012) The theory of the Roman Catholic religion positively encourages mendicancy. Various, The Contemporary Review, Volume 36,...(2012) He recommended a life of religious mendicancy and voluntary poverty as absolutely necessary for admission to his kingdom. Westbrook, Richard B., The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys t...(2012) 1n the state of being a beggar or mendicant they were reduced to mendicancy Syn|Hyper beggary, mendicity indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury a state of extreme poverty or destitution 2n a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) Syn|Hyper beggary, begging solicitation an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status |
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