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.
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Meaning 2
A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person).
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.