beggary
Americannoun
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beggaries
plural
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a state or condition of utter poverty.
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beggars collectively.
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a place lived in or frequented by beggars.
noun
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extreme poverty or need
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the condition of being a beggar
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of beggary
1350–1400; Middle English beggerie. See beggar, -y 3 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Victims of enclosure could toil as day laborers, work in the woolen industry, or turn to beggary and crime.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
“We started our drive against the menace of beggary three months back.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 27, 2017
How he made it and then slithered off the summit into jail, exile, ostracism and beggary adds up to a fascinating record.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Governor of Hunan he reduced the province to a state of beggary.
From Time Magazine Archive
So he appealed to them, one after another, going from left to right, with open palm, as though his life time had been spent in beggary.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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
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