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Mendicancy

noun
1.
The state of being a beggar or mendicant.  Synonyms: beggary, mendicity.
2.
A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person).  Synonyms: beggary, begging.





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"Mendicancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... Minna seems to have been extremely fond of Liszt—what woman was not? It was to Liszt that she was indebted for rescue from downright starvation. More than this, Minna's parents were supported via Liszt, and it somewhat beautifies the otherwise unbeautiful spectacle of Wagner's splendid mendicancy that, when he borrowed, it was as much for his wife and ...
— The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 • Rupert Hughes


Words linked to "Mendicancy" :   penury, indigence, mendicant, need, pauperization, solicitation, mendicity, pauperism


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