Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mendicancy

2 senses of mendicancy

Sense 1
beggary, mendicancy, mendicity -- (the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy")
       => indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization -- (a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless")

Sense 2
beggary, begging, mendicancy -- (a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person))
       => solicitation -- (an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief")