beggary

beg·gar·y

B0161200 (bĕg′ə-rē)n.1. Extreme poverty; penury.2. The state or condition of being a beggar.3. Beggars considered as a group.

beggary

(ˈbɛɡərɪ) n1. extreme poverty or need2. the condition of being a beggar

beg•gar•y

(ˈbɛg ə ri)

n. 1. a state or condition of utter poverty or of being a beggar. 2. beggars collectively. [1350–1400]

Beggary

 beggars collectively, 1615. Also beggardom, 1884; beggarhood, 1843.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beggary - a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)begging, mendicancysolicitation - an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a solicitation to the king for relief"
	2.	beggary - the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"mendicancy, mendicityindigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury, need - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

beggary

noun1. The condition of being extremely poor:destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want.2. The condition of being a beggar:mendicancy, mendicity.

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