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Mendicancy vs Beggary - What's the difference?

mendicancy | beggary |

As nouns the difference between mendicancy and beggary

is that mendicancy is the act or state of being a mendicant while beggary is the state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.

As an adjective beggary is

(obsolete) beggarly.

mendicancy

English

Noun

(-)
  • The act or state of being a mendicant

    • beggary

    English

    Noun

    (beggaries)
  • The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.
  • *
  • The fact or action of begging.
  • Beggarly appearance.
  • * Thackeray
    • The freedom and the beggary of the old studio.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) beggarly
    • (Ben Jonson)