Mendicity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mendicity \Men*dic"i*ty\, n. [L. mendicitas: cf. F.
     mendicit['e]. See {Mendicant}.]
     The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy.
     --Rom. of R.
     [1913 Webster]