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English noun: mendicancy | |||
| 1. | mendicancy (state) the state of being a beggar or mendicant | ||
| Samples | They were reduced to mendicancy. | ||
| Synonyms | beggary, mendicity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury | ||
| 2. | mendicancy (communication) a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | ||
| Synonyms | beggary, begging | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | solicitation | ||
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