Definition of MENDICANCY

mendicancy

Meanings

Plural: mendicancies

Noun

  • the state of being a beggar or mendicant
    • "they were reduced to mendicancy"
  • a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
  • The act or state of being a mendicant

Origin / Etymology

From mendicant + -ancy.

Scrabble Score: 20

mendicancy is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mendicancy is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mendicancy is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

mendicancy is a valid Words With Friends word