Mendicancy

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or state of being a mendicant countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) wordnet
  3. 3
    the state of being a beggar or mendicant wordnet

Etymology

From mendicant + -cy.

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