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mendication

/mɛndɪˈkeɪʃən/

mendication noun: the act or practice of begging; beggary.

Noun

mendication (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The act or practice of begging; beggary.
    • For, Suidas is silent herein, Cedrenus and Zonaras, two grave and punctual authors, delivering only the confiscation of his goods, omit the history of his mendication.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of mendication

From mendicate + -ion.

Questions about mendication

What does mendication mean?
Mendication means the act or practice of begging; beggary.
What part of speech is mendication?
Mendication is a noun.
How do you pronounce mendication?
Mendication is pronounced /mɛndɪˈkeɪʃən/.

Words near mendication in the dictionary

  1. mendicants
  2. mendicate
  3. mendicated
  4. mendicates
  5. mendicating
  6. mendication
  7. Mendicino
  8. Mendicinos
  9. mendicities
  10. mendicity
  11. Mendieta

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