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mendicancy

mendicancy
Noun

This term carries a formal, often legalistic or ecclesiastical tone, distinguishing it from the more common word begging. It describes not just the act of asking for money, but the systemic state of poverty or a chosen lifestyle of asceticism. In a legal context, it often appears in statutes regarding vagrancy or public order.

Because it describes an abstract state or a general practice, the word is treated as an uncountable mass noun. It does not have a plural form and cannot be counted with numbers; instead, it requires partitive constructions if one needs to refer to specific instances of the practice.

Meanings

Nounmendicancy

The practice of relying on begging as a primary means of survival or as a religious discipline.

The city laws were designed to discourage public mendicancy in the downtown district.

Nounmendicancy

The state or condition of being a beggar.

His sudden descent into mendicancy shocked those who remembered his former wealth.

Examples

The order was founded on the principle of mendicancy to ensure monks remained humble.

History

The order was founded on the principle of mendicancy to ensure monks remained humble.

He lived a life of absolute mendicancy after losing everything in the war.

none

He lived a life of absolute mendicancy after losing everything in the war.

The city laws of the era strictly forbade public mendicancy within the town walls.

History

The city laws of the era strictly forbade public mendicancy within the town walls.

I wonder if true spiritual growth can only be achieved through a state of mendicancy.

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I wonder if true spiritual growth can only be achieved through a state of mendicancy.

The friars embraced mendicancy as a way to identify with the poorest members of society.

History

The friars embraced mendicancy as a way to identify with the poorest members of society.

Her sudden descent into mendicancy shocked everyone who knew her former wealth.

none

Her sudden descent into mendicancy shocked everyone who knew her former wealth.

The king viewed the rise of mendicancy in the capital as a sign of economic collapse.

History

The king viewed the rise of mendicancy in the capital as a sign of economic collapse.

Is this a genuine act of religious mendicancy or just a clever ruse for money?

Detective

Is this a genuine act of religious mendicancy or just a clever ruse for money?

History

The ancient texts describe the virtues of mendicancy and the rejection of material goods.

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