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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 125 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MENDICANCY (from Lat. niendicus, in a condition of beggary, a word of unknown origin)

MENDICANCY (from See also:
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Lat. niendicus, in a See also:
CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)
condition of beggary, a word of unknown origin) , a See also:

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CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of being a See also:

BEGGAR

beggar, the practice of obtaining a livelihood by asking See also:

ALMS

alms . The word " mendicant," also found in the See also:

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form " mendiant," appears to have come into use through the begging friars .

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