mendicancy
111want — v 1. desire, wish or wish for, long for, desiderate; yearn for, hope for, care for, pine for, sigh for; hanker after, have a yen for, covet, fancy, have a fancy for; have an eye to, be attracted to, have a mind to, have at heart, be bent upon,… …
112Welfare and Social Services — Even in a Europe friendly to state financed welfare systems, Austria stands out for the depth and extent of such support and its exceptionally high level of income redistribution through taxation. In part, these arrangements are a legacy of… …
113mendicant — /ˈmɛndəkənt / (say menduhkuhnt) adjective 1. begging, practising begging, or living on alms: *reduction to a remnant, and final relegation to the position of a mendicant caste –c.d. rowley, 1970. 2. relating to or characteristic of a beggar.… …
114βωμολοχίαις — βωμολοχία mendicancy fem dat pl …
115βωμολοχίαν — βωμολοχίᾱν , βωμολοχία mendicancy fem acc sg (attic doric aeolic) …
116mendicant — n. beggar; a. begging. ♦ mendicity, ♦ mendicancy, n …
117mendicant — [men′di kənt] adj. [L mendicans (gen. mendicantis), prp. of mendicare, to beg < mendicus, needy: for base see MENDACIOUS] 1. asking for alms; begging 2. of or characteristic of a beggar 3. designating or of any of various religious orders… …
118indigence — noun a state of extreme poverty or destitution their indigence appalled him a general state of need exists among the homeless • Syn: ↑need, ↑penury, ↑pauperism, ↑pauperization • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
119mendicant — adj. & n. adj. 1 begging. 2 (of a friar) living solely on alms. n. 1 a beggar. 2 a mendicant friar. Derivatives: mendicancy n. mendicity n. Etymology: L mendicare beg f. mendicus beggar f. mendum fault …
120pauperism — noun a state of extreme poverty or destitution their indigence appalled him a general state of need exists among the homeless • Syn: ↑indigence, ↑need, ↑penury, ↑pauperization • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …