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Mendicancy (Noun)

Meaning 1

The state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Examples

  • Her loss of employment forced her into mendicancy on the streets, seeking charity from strangers to survive.
  • Mendicancy has long been associated with homelessness, though it can be an alternative means for many.
  • Some families turn to mendicancy due to loss of financial resources caused by chronic unemployment or disasters.
  • This old blind musician plays guitar and asks for spare change out of sheer mendicancy in town.
  • There has been growing social issue awareness that could not afford rent nor be reliant solely on a government living being condemned directly into state imposed mendicancy.

Synonyms

  • Mendicity
  • Beggary

Hypernyms

  • Penury
  • Pauperism
  • Pauperization
  • Indigence

Meaning 2

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

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Synonyms

  • Begging
  • Beggary

Hypernyms

  • Solicitation

Related Words

  • Mendicant (adjective)
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