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beggary

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beg·gar·y  (bg-r)
n.
1. Extreme poverty; penury.
2. The state or condition of being a beggar.
3. Beggars considered as a group.
Beggary beggars collectively, 1615. Also beggardom, 1884; beggarhood, 1843.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.beggarybeggary - a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
begging, mendicancy
solicitation - 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, mendicity
indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury, need - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"


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Such appellants, unsupported by money, interest, or power, seldom make out a very strong case for reparation of any sort, in this righteous world of ours, and had it not been for the goodness of the dauphine it is probable that the vicomtesse and her grand-daughter would have been reduced to downright beggary.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
The thoughts of leaving her almost rent his heart asunder; but the consideration of reducing her to ruin and beggary still racked him, if possible, more; and if the violent desire of possessing her person could have induced him to listen one moment to this alternative, still he was by no means certain of her resolution to indulge his wishes at so high an expense.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
I answered, "that his excellency's prudence, quality, and fortune, had exempted him from those defects, which folly and beggary had produced in others.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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