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mendicity

 
Dictionary: Men·dic·i·ty

n.

[L. mendicitas: cf. F. mendicité. See Mendicant.]
The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy. Rom. of R.


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    The condition of being a beggar: beggary, mendicancy. See rich/poor.

 
 
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