mendicancy

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noun

The act or state of being a mendicant

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beggarymendicitybegging
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Meanings

nounmendicancy (countable and uncountable, plural mendicancies)

plural mendicancies

  1. countableuncountableThe act or state of being a mendicant

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe state of being a beggar or mendicant

Similar
beggarymendicity
Broader
indigenceneedpenury

nouna solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

Similar
beggarybegging
Broader
solicitation
Also see
beggarybeggingbrokenessmendicitymiserymoneylessnesspennilessnesspoverty

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From mendicant + -cy.

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Cite this entry
APA

mendicancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendicancy

MLA

“mendicancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendicancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mendicancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mendicancy.

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