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Meaning of "mendicity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MENDICITY

mendicity  [menˈdɪsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENDICITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mendicity 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 MENDICITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mendicity

Begging

Begging or panhandling is the practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with little or no expectation of reciprocation. Beggars may be found in public places such as transport routes, urban parks, and near busy markets. Besides money, they may also ask for food, drink, cigarettes or other small items. Beggar, 1622, by Jacques Callot According to a study in the journal of the Canadian Medical Association, " stated that they would prefer a minimum-wage job, typically citing a desire for a 'steady income' or 'getting off the street.' However, many felt they could not handle conventional jobs because of mental illness, physical disability or lack of skills."...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MENDICITY


aperiodicity
ˌeɪpɪərɪəˈdɪsɪtɪ
authenticity
ˌɔːθɛnˈtɪsɪtɪ
cytotoxicity
ˌsaɪtəʊtɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ
elasticity
ɪlæˈstɪsɪtɪ
electricity
ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ
ergodicity
ˌɜːɡəˈdɪsɪtɪ
ethnicity
ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ
felicity
fɪˈlɪsɪtɪ
impudicity
ˌɪmpjʊˈdɪsɪtɪ
multiplicity
ˌmʌltɪˈplɪsɪtɪ
periodicity
ˌpɪərɪəˈdɪsɪtɪ
plasticity
plæˈstɪsɪtɪ
publicity
pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ
pudicity
pjuːˈdɪsɪtɪ
simplicity
sɪmˈplɪsɪtɪ
sodicity
ˌsəʊˈdɪsɪtɪ
specificity
ˌspesɪˈfɪsɪtɪ
spheroidicity
ˌsfɪərɔɪˈdɪsɪtɪ
thermoperiodicity
ˌθɜːməʊˌpɪərɪəˈdɪsɪtɪ
toxicity
tɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENDICITY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENDICITY

antigenicity
basicity
capacity
centricity
chronicity
complicity
concentricity
eccentricity
helicity
historicity
hydroelectricity
hydrophilicity
mains electricity
modulus of elasticity
monotonicity
nephrotoxicity
pathogenicity
static electricity
synchronicity
teratogenicity
viscoelasticity

Synonyms and antonyms of mendicity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mendicity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENDICITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

mendicity
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mendicidad
570 millions of speakers

English

mendicity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mendicity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mendicity
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нищенство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mendicity
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিক্ষুকাবস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mendicité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendicity
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bettelei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mendicity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mendicity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mendicity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ăn mày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிச்சைத் தொழில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नैतिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dilencilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mendicità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mendicity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жебрацтво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mendicity
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

mendicity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mendicity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mendicity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENDICITY»

The term «mendicity» is used very little and occupies the 162.296 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENDICITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mendicity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mendicity» 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 mendicity

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENDICITY»

Discover the use of mendicity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mendicity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Digest of the evidence, before the committees of the Houses ...
It has been distinctly acknowledged to me, and to others on whose testimony I can rely, that that feeling led many strenuously to oppose the system of national education, who had been for many years before patrons of the Mendicity Institution, ...
Parliament proc, Vict, 1838
2
Minutes of the evidence taken before the Committee appointed ...
ordered to be printed, July 11th, 1815 Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee appointed to inquire into the state of mendicity and vagrancy. MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. Jovis, 15° die Junii, 1815. The Right Honourable Gkorge ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee appointed to inquire into the state of mendicity and vagrancy, 1815
3
Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Committee Appointed ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State of Mendicity and Vagrancy in the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood . PREFACE We have been induced to re-publish these Minutes of the Committee  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State of Mendicity and Vagrancy in the Metropolis and its Neighbourhood, 1816
4
Annual Report
WHEN DISTRICT. NAME OF SOCETY. FOUNDl-ID. OFFICE. ('HAIRMEZL KEVIN- RABIES. Gateshead . . . . . . . . . . Mendicity Society . . . . . . . . . . .. Mar. 1870 Oakwell Gate . . . . . . iVarious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'C. J. BER'I'RA“, Esq., 4 l Milltield Ter.
‎1870
5
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Mendicity is forbidden. The communes are obliged- to support those poor who have the claim of citizenship. There is no general list made ot paupers who receive assistance from public establishments, as the clergy are not obliged to give any ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1836
6
Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons: ...
Can you give to the Committee any comparison of the expenses of maintaining persons seeking relief from the Mendicity establishment, and of persons relieved in establishments supported by taxation ? — I think the poor in the Mendi- .
‎1836
7
Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and ...
My Lord, " The Poor Law Commissioners have given their best attention to the memorial addressed to your Lordship by the officers of the Dublin Mendicity Institution, and on which memorial your Lordship has been pleased to request the ...
Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners, 1840
8
Making English Morals: Voluntary Association and Moral ...
some moral reform activists should find New Police priorities in law enforcement inadequate, so that by the mid-1830s both Mendicity Society (1834) and SPCA ( 1837) constables were back on the beat.147 For the short term, however, the ...
M. J. D. Roberts, 2004
9
Home Politics, Or The Growth of Trade Considered in Its ...
The class that will not work the class which trades on our pity, infests us with letters, whines at our elbow, or loiters at the area gate, is being brought under the influence of mendicity laws, through the effort now being made to propagate ...
Daniel Grant, 1870
10
Visions of Filth: Deviancy and Social Control in the Novels ...
clase peligrosa, mientras que el segundo asume su papel y lo reproduce sin más cuestionamientos'.88 This resulted in the paradox that the repression of mendicity was more intense during times of economic crisis (when the number of  ...
Teresa Fuentes Peris, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENDICITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mendicity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The scars of 1916 surround us
Captain Sean Heuston was ordered to take and hold the Mendicity Institute situated along the quays of the River Liffey at Ushers Island. «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
2
James Connolly Heron: Why we should pay tribute to the 1916 leaders
... completely, including Clanwilliam House, Carrisbrook House, Larkfield House, the Mendicity Institute, the Abbey Theatre and Liberty Hall. «Irish Times, Jun 15»
3
Homeless charity forced to shut down its Sunday free meals service
Manager of Mendicity Charles Richards said they would be keeping the decision under review – and that Monday to Saturday services ... «thejournal.ie, May 15»
4
An Easter Rising timeline: Wednesday, April 26th, 1916
12.15hrs - Madness at the Mendicity - grenade battles! Earlier this morning a vicious battle took place around the Mendicity Institute on Usher's ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
5
An Easter Rising timeline: Monday, April 24th, 1916
12.34hrs - Another outpost has been seized on Dublin's southern quayside – the Mendicity Institute has just seen all of its homeless inhabitants ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
6
Edward Daly, Limerick-born executed 1916 leader
By Wednesday, several of the outposts had to be abandoned and the surrender of Seán Heuston's small group in the Mendicity Institute, after a ... «An Phoblacht, Feb 15»
7
Call for Minister to set the date for 1916 Centenary
They were sent to the Mendicity Institute and it was there that Peter Wilson lost his life. From these simple facts, you can see why the Fingal Old ... «Irish Times, Nov 14»
8
Culture Night set to be biggest ever with more outdoor events
Culture night-goers can also visit Dublin's oldest working charity The Mendicity Institution, enjoy installations and talks at Merrion Square's ... «Irish Times, Aug 14»
9
1916 relatives angry over 'being ignored'
Mr Kilmartin, who had three relatives in the Rising, at the GPO, the Four Courts and the Mendicity Institution, which was known as The Mendo, ... «Herald.ie, Jun 14»
10
A week that shook the British Empire
The Mendicity Institute, held by Volunteers and Fianna members under Seán Heuston, came under attack, as did the South Dublin Union. «An Phoblacht, Apr 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mendicity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mendicity>. May 2024 ».
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