| beggary |
| beggary | (n) a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person), Syn. mendicancy, begging |
| beggary | (n) the state of being a beggar or mendicant, Syn. mendicancy, mendicity, Example: they were reduced to mendicancy |
| Beggary | n. [ OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n. ] The freedom and the beggary of the old studio. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Beggary | a. Beggarly. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] |