beggardom

[ beg-er-duhm ]

noun

1. beggary ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of beggardom¹

First recorded in 1880–85; beggar + -dom

Example Sentences

It is the potter's field, the lazar-house, the beggardom, of horse-flesh.

From Project Gutenberg

Now it is over; I enter the nursery; I am going to have in my house the weaning of the future beggardom of England.

From Project Gutenberg

She saw, girl though she was, that beggardom and vice were twins.

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