| NOUN | state | mendicancy, beggary, mendicity | the state of being a beggar or mendicant |
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| communication | mendicancy, beggary, begging | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) |
| Meaning | The state of being a beggar or mendicant. | |
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| Example | "they were reduced to mendicancy" | |
| Synonyms | beggary, mendicity | |
| Broader | indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization | A state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution |
| Spanish | mendicidad | |
| Meaning | A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person). | |
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| Synonyms | beggary, begging | |
| Broader | solicitation | An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status |
| Spanish | mendicidad | |
| Catalan | capta, mendicitat | |
| Adjectives | mendicant | practicing beggary |
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