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mendicity

[men-dis-i-tee]

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noun

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RELATED WORDS

begging, indigence, impoverishment, destitution, poorness, penury, mendicancy, pauperism, impecuniosity

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Origin of mendicity

1350–1400; Middle English mendicite < Latin mendīcitās beggary, equivalent to mendīc(us) needy, beggarly + -itās -ity

Can be confusedmendacity mendicity

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for mendicity

Either the woman had returned from a German witches' Sabbath, or she had come out of a mendicity asylum.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life|Honore de Balzac
Mendicity became a distinct institution, was divided into various branches, and was provided with a language of its own.
The Book of Vagabonds and Beggars|Anonymous
In the rural districts vagrancy and mendicity still survive, in spite of constabulary forces and petty sessions.
Old Roads and New Roads|William Bodham Donne
Every person was required to labor, and mendicity was prohibited.
Great Events in the History of North and South America|Charles A. Goodrich

"I arrest you for mendicity," he said, just about to lay his hand on his shoulder.
The False Chevalier|William Douw Lighthall