Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or state of being a mendicant

    the state of being a beggar or mendicant

Origin

From mendicant + -cy.

From mendicant + -cy.

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Forms

plural: mendicancies
Singularmendicancy
Pluralmendicancies

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the state of being a beggar or mendicant:beggarymendicity
  • a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person):beggarybegging

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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