Mendicancy(n.) The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging.
Mendicant(a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.
Mendicant(n.) A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.
Mendicate(v. t.& i.) To beg.
Mendication(n.) The act or practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy.
Mendicity(n.) The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy.

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