beggardom

American  

[beg-er-duhm] / ˈbɛg ər dəm /

noun

1. beggary.

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Etymology

Origin of beggardom

First recorded in 1880–85; beggar + -dom

Example Sentences

It was like a pantomime, to come suddenly out of beggardom into this orderly comfort.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John

It is a metropolis of beggardom, a mendicant's Mecca, a citadel of Jules Richepin's cherished Gueux.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

I cannot sufficiently deplore the progress of this spirit of beggardom, for it is acting and reacting in every direction all over the country.

From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James

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

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women by Hubbard, Elbert

Pity the warrior who is contented to crawl about in this beggardom of rules, which are too bad for genius, over which it can set itself superior, over which it can perchance make merry!

From On War — Volume 1 by Graham, J. J., Colonel