beggary
1. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) (Freq. 1) • Syn: begging, mendicancy • Derivationally related forms: mendicant (for: mendicancy), beg • Hypernyms: solicitation 2. the state of being a beggar or mendicant - they were reduced to mendicancy • Syn: mendicancy, mendicity • Hypernyms: indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization
|
|