"mendicancy" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

The state of being a beggar or mendicant (synset 114517616)
"they were reduced to mendicancy"

is a type of: indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury - a state of extreme poverty or destitution

same as: beggary, mendicity
A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) (synset 107202656)
is a type of: solicitation - an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status

same as: beggary, begging