1. (noun)beggary, mendicancy, mendicity the state of being a beggar or mendicant Synonyms: mendicity, beggary, mendicancy, begging
2. (noun)beggary, begging, mendicancy a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) Synonyms: mendicity, beggary, mendicancy, begging
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'mendicancy'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. mendicancy Poverty denotes strictly lack of property or adequate means of support, but in common use is a relative term denoting any condition below that of easy, comfortable living; privation denotes a con Synonyms: poverty, beggary, distress, mendicancy, pauperism, privation, destitution, indigence, need, penury, want
Synonyms for mendicancy 
