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mendicity

N การ ขอทาน  mendicancy

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MENDICITY

n.[L. mendicitas.] The state of begging; the life of a beggar.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MENDICITY

Men *dic "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. mendicitas: cf. F. mendicité. See Mendicant. ]

 

Defn: The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy. Rom. of R.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mendicity

men dic i ty |menˈdisitē mɛnˈdɪsədi | ▶noun the condition or activities of a beggar. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French mendicite, from Latin mendicitas, from mendicus ‘beggar. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

mendicity

mendicity |mɛnˈdɪsɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the condition or activities of a beggar. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French mendicite, from Latin mendicitas, from mendicus ‘beggar ’.