mendicity

[ men-dis-i-tee ]

/ mɛnˈdɪs ɪ ti /

mendicancy.

Origin of mendicity

1350–1400; Middle English mendicite < Latin mendīcitās beggary, equivalent to mendīc(us) needy, beggarly + -itās -ity

mendacity mendicity

mender, menderes, mendes, mendicancy, mendicant, mendicity, mending, mendips, mendocino, mendota, mendoza

Either the woman had returned from a German witches' Sabbath, or she had come out of a mendicity asylum.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life |Honore de Balzac
Mendicity became a distinct institution, was divided into various branches, and was provided with a language of its own.

The Book of Vagabonds and Beggars |Anonymous
In the rural districts vagrancy and mendicity still survive, in spite of constabulary forces and petty sessions.

Old Roads and New Roads |William Bodham Donne
Every person was required to labor, and mendicity was prohibited.

Great Events in the History of North and South America |Charles A. Goodrich

"I arrest you for mendicity," he said, just about to lay his hand on his shoulder.

The False Chevalier |William Douw Lighthall