mendicancy
(noun)
noun
1. the state of being a beggar or mendicant
- they were reduced to mendicancy
Similar word(s): beggary, mendicity
Definition categories: state, indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury
2. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Similar word(s): beggary, begging
Definition categories: communication, solicitation