beggary
noun
a state or condition of utter poverty.
beggaries
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pluralof beggary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But generally his feeling was, 'I will finish this book, throw it at your feet, buy a rifle and spade, and withdraw to the Transatlantic Wildernesses, far from human beggaries and basenesses!'
From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Hector Carsewell Macpherson
He has expressed his intention of ridding Rome of its superfluous monks, those unattached ones who make life a burden by their importunings and beggaries in Rome.
From Franz Liszt by James Huneker
