mendicancy
11mendicancy — men·di·can·cy || mendɪkÉ™nsɪ n. poverty, state of destitution; practice of begging …
12mendicancy — n. Beggary, mendicity …
13mendicancy — n beggary, mendicity, pauperism, pau perage; alms begging, Inf. panhandling, scrounging, Inf. bumming; poverty, indigence, penury, destitution, pennilessness, impecuniosity, neediness; Inf. hardupness, Queer Street, skid row; insolvency,… …
14mendicancy — men·di·can·cy …
15Beggary — Beg gar*y, n. [OE. beggerie. See {Beggar}, n.] 1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty. [1913 Webster] 2. Beggarly appearance. [R.] [1913 Webster] The freedom and the beggary of the old studio. Thackeray.… …
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17Shramana — A Shramana (Sanskrit sa. श्रमण IAST|śramaṇa , Pāli pi. शमण IAST|samaṇa ) is a wandering monk in certain ascetic traditions of ancient India, including Jainism, Buddhism, and Ājīvika religion (now extinct). Famous IAST|śramaṇa include religious… …
18Jain philosophy — (Sanskrit: Jain darsana ; sa. जैन दर्शन) deals extensively with the problems of metaphysics, reality, cosmology, ontology, epistemology and divinity. Jainism is essentially a transtheistic religion of ancient India. [Zimmer (1969), p.182] It is a …
19monasticism — /meuh nas teuh siz euhm/, n. the monastic system, condition, or mode of life. [1785 95; MONASTIC + ISM] * * * Institutionalized religious movement whose members are bound by vows to an ascetic life of prayer, meditation, or good works. Members of …
20poverty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of money Nouns 1. poverty, impecuniousness, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, want, poverty line or level; need, neediness; lack, necessity, privation, distress, difficulties; bad, poor, or …
