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mendication|mɛndɪˈkeɪʃən| [ad. late L. mendīcātiōn-em, f. mendīcāre to beg.] Begging.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xvii. 375 Cedrenus and Zonaras..omit the history of his [sc. Belisarius'] mendication. 1849I. Taylor Loyola & Jes. 69 The perpetual labour of providing, by mendication, not merely for his own wants, but for those of his companions. |