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mendicancy
noun(men-di-can-cy)
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Synonyms: beggary, begging,
mendicancy
noun(men-di-can-cy)
the state of being a beggar or mendicant
Synonyms: beggary, mendicity,
Examples:
They were reduced to mendicancy.

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