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

"I arrest you for mendicity," he said, just about to lay his hand on his shoulder.

From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)

From that time two grave questions arose and were vehemently discussed in Christendom: What should be thought of the poverty and mendicity of Christ and his apostles?

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

He is very shortsighted, however, who thinks that a majority of the people, where universal suffrage exists, will submit long to a state of toil and mendicity.

From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter

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