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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 125 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MENDICANCY (from
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Lat. niendicus, in a
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condition of beggary, a word of unknown origin)  , a
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state or
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condition of being a
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beggar, the practice of obtaining a livelihood by asking
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alms . The word " mendicant," also found in the
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French
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form " mendiant," appears to have come into use through the begging friars .

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