- mendicancy (n.)
[mendicancy 词源字典]
- "state or condition of beggary," 1790, from mendicant + -cy. Also in this sense was mendicity (c. 1400), from Old French mendicité "begging," from Latin mendicitatem (nominative mendicitas) "beggary, mendicity."[mendicancy etymology, mendicancy origin, 英语词源]