MENDICANCY


Meaning of MENDICANCY in English

ˈmendə̇kənsē, -dēk-, -si noun

( -es )

1. : the condition of being a beggar

reduced to mendicancy

2. : the practice or act of begging

legal enactments against mendicancy — C.B.Fairbanks

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