mendication

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛndɪˈkeɪʃən/

Noun

mendication (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The act or practice of begging; beggary.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     For, Suidas is silent herein, Cedrenus and Zonaras, two grave and punctual authors, delivering only the confiscation of his goods, omit the history of his mendication.

Related terms

• mendicant
• mendicate

References

• “mendication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• antidemonic, indometacin