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Mendicancy   Listen
noun
Mendicancy  n.  The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging.





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... "When that night passed away and day broke in, those Brahmanas who supported themselves by mendicancy, stood before the Pandavas of exalted deeds, who were about to enter the forest. Then king Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, addressed them, saying, 'Robbed of our prosperity and kingdom, robbed of everything, we are about to enter the deep woods in sorrow, depending for ...
— Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 • Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa


Words linked to "Mendicancy" :   mendicity, solicitation, pauperism, beggary, pauperization, mendicant, indigence, need, penury


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