mendicity

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For Alexander it was just another day in the 1995 campaign, a marathon of mendicity that will do much to determine which G.O.P. hopefuls will survive to compete in the 1996 campaign.

From Time Magazine Archive

Goldoni considered Harlequin as a poor devil and dolt, whose coat is made up of rags patched together; his hat shows mendicity; and the hare's tail is still the dress of the peasantry of Bergamo.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

"Sir," said my father shortly, "I never encourage peripatetic mendicity."

From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

In 1826 it was converted into a mendicity institution, and all its ornamental portions removed.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

In the early years of the 19th century the mendicity societies, established in some of the larger towns, were a sign of the general discontent with existing methods of administration.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various