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Meaning of "mendicancy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MENDICANCY

mendicancy  [ˈmɛndɪkənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENDICANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mendicancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MENDICANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mendicancy

Mendicant

A mendicant is one who practises mendicancy and relies chiefly or exclusively on charitable donations to survive. In principle, mendicant religious orders do not own property, either individually or collectively, and members have taken a vow of poverty, in order that all their time and energy could be expended on practicing or preaching and serving the poor. It is a form of asceticism. Many religious orders adhere to a mendicant way of life, including the Catholic mendicant orders, Hindu ascetics, some dervishes of Sufi Islam, and the monastic orders of Jainism and Buddhism. In the Catholic Church, followers of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Dominic became known as mendicants, as they would beg for food while they preached to the villages. While mendicants are the original type of monks in Buddhism and have a long history in Indian Hinduism and the countries which adapted Indian religious traditions, they didn't become widespread in Christianity until the High Middle Ages. The Way of a Pilgrim depicts the life of an Eastern Christian mendicant.

Definition of mendicancy in the English dictionary

The definition of mendicancy in the dictionary is the quality of being a mendicant. Other definition of mendicancy is the quality of being a mendicant and living on alms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MENDICANCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
impeccancy
ɪmˈpɛkənsɪ
insignificancy
ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənsɪ
peccancy
ˈpɛkənsɪ
piquancy
ˈpiːkənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
residency
ˈrɛzɪdənsɪ
significancy
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
vacancy
ˈveɪkənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENDICANCY

mendaciously
mendaciousness
mendacities
mendacity
Mendel
Mendel´s laws
Mendeleev´s law
mendelevium
Mendeleyev
Mendelian
Mendelianism
Mendelism
Mendelssohn
mender
Menderes
Mendes
mendicant
mendicity
mendigo
mending

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENDICANCY

accountancy
buoyancy
Clancy
conservancy
discrepancy
expectancy
fancy
infancy
job vacancy
life expectancy
malignancy
management consultancy
nancy
occupancy
Puy de Sancy
redundancy
relevancy
tenancy
the fancy
vibrancy

Synonyms and antonyms of mendicancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mendicancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENDICANCY

Find out the translation of mendicancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mendicancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mendicancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

行乞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la mendicidad
570 millions of speakers

English

mendicancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mendicancy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التسول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нищенство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mendicância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিক্ষুকজীবন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la mendicité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendicancy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bettelei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乞食生活
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mendicancy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mendicancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ăn mày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mendicancy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सौम्यपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dilencilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mendicità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mendicancy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жебрацтво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cerșetorie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επαιτεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedel stand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mendicancy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mendicancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mendicancy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENDICANCY»

The term «mendicancy» is normally little used and occupies the 142.153 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENDICANCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mendicancy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mendicancy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mendicancy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENDICANCY»

Discover the use of mendicancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mendicancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Origin, Development, and Refinement of Medieval ...
The purpose and intention of this handbook is to offer an analysis of the term mendicancy and to present an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the phenomenon of religious mendicancy in the central and later middle ages.
Donald Prudlo, 2011
2
Wyclif: Trialogus
IV.28 THE HERESY OF THE FRIARSI ABOUT MENDICANCY Alithia: You have spoken about this subject earlier, brother Phronesis, but I would like you to say something about the mendicancy of the friars to the church of Christ. It seems to ...
John Wyclif, Stephen E. Lahey, 2013
3
Street Criers: A Cultural History of Chinese Beggars
This study is about beggars' culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the end of the Republican era, with a reference to the resurgence of beggars in the post-Mao era. Among the topics discussed are the ...
Hanchao Lu, 2005
4
Poor laws--Ireland
Ninthly, — As to the Repression of Mendicancy. 99. Objections have been made to the insertion of the vagrancy clauses (55 to 58 inclusive) in the Irish Poor Law Bill; and it has been contended that, if such provisions were necessary, they ...
Sir George Nicholls, 1838
5
Accounts and Papers: Twenty One Volumes
COPY of a RESOLUTION passed by the Board of Guardians on the 20th December 1839, relative to the Suppression of Mendicancy. THAT this Board is of opinion that it is highly desirable that power be vested in some authority to repress ...
‎1840
6
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, ...
In all such countries rigorous enactments exist against mendicancy, but everywhere such enactments are defeated by the common co-operation of the whole people. It will be seen that in England the most ferocious penal enactments were ...
‎1859
7
Begging in America, 1850-1940: The Needy, the Frauds, the ...
The Needy, the Frauds, the Charities and the Law Kerry Segrave. hands are tied by incompetent laws, or whose efforts are minimized by maudlin sentiment.”5 James Forbes, mendicancy officer with the New York Charity Organization Society ...
Kerry Segrave, 2011
8
The Encyclopædia Britannica, or, Dictionary of arts, ...
In all such countries rigorous enactments exist against mendicancy, but everywhere such enactments are defeated by the common co-operation of the whole people. It will be seen that in England the most ferocious penal enactments were ...
‎1859
9
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, Dictionary of Arts, ...
In all such countries rigorous enactments exist against mendicancy, but everywhere such enactments are defeated by the common co-operation of the whole people. It will be seen, that in England the most ferocious penal enactments were ...
‎1842
10
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Resolved unanimously, that this Board desire to impress upon the Poor Law Commissioners their opinion of the essential necessity of some Legislative enactment for the suppression of vagrancy and mendicancy, by which the ratepayers will ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1840

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENDICANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mendicancy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Can any of the presidential candidates save the Philippines?
Encouraging mendicancy is a crime. This should stop. Don't forget, that more educated countries consistently have better governments. «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
2
What to say
Jobs, alongside the stopgap help, would have served as a constant reminder that the dole was not meant to foster mendicancy. Infrastructure ... «Manila Standard Today, Jul 15»
3
Calling our country to order
Let us hope this opening up of Cuba will shake us out of this complacency that has led to our chronic mendicancy. It was an embarrassing ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
4
Greece defaults on IMF loan despite new push for bailout aid
That there is no end to this cycle of temporary relief and abject mendicancy without the needed reforms? Reforms that entail sacrifices for the ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
5
Scrap the CCT
During the past years, I have been critical of this program. It does not only fail to solve poverty; it also breeds mendicancy. Besides, it is a source ... «Manila Standard Today, Jun 15»
6
Gridlock and greedlock
Instead of abetting mendicancy, Atienza suggests government spend the money on generating jobs which has greater social impact. «Manila Standard Today, Jun 15»
7
NDF peace consultant denies criminal charges
... by which our country can get its people out of the quagmire of crisis, poverty, mendicancy and corruption that we currently find ourselves in. «Inquirer.net, Jun 15»
8
ADB: 30 pct of CCT beneficiaries are not poor
They say it also breeds a culture of mendicancy. There have also been complaints about cash grants either going to the wrong people or not ... «ABS CBN News, Jun 15»
9
The key challenges in today's urban refugee setup
Many urban refugees are subject to child labor, early marriages, prostitution, mendicancy and cheap labor. The organization is also providing ... «Devex, Jun 15»
10
Opinion: The hundred-beggar gambit
... their income at a corner they claimed as their territory. Truly needy folks aren't “together” enough to make their mendicancy into a daily task. «Montreal Gazette, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
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