Associations to the word «Mendicancy»

Wiktionary

MENDICANCY, noun. The act or state of being a mendicant
MENDICANCY SQUAD, noun. (US) police who arrested beggars and homeless people

Dictionary definition

MENDICANCY, noun. The state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy".
MENDICANCY, noun. A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person).

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.