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

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