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

In many cases it assumes only another form of mendicity.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles

The Pontifical Government encourages mendicity by the protection of its agents, and recommends it by the example of its friars.

From The Roman Question by About, Edmond

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

"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)