mendicity

  • 11mendicity — men·dic·i·ty …

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  • 12mendicity — /mɛnˈdɪsəti/ (say men disuhtee) noun 1. the practice of begging. 2. the condition of life of a beggar. {Middle English mendicite, from Latin mendīcitas beggary} …

  • 13mendicity — noun the state of being a beggar or mendicant they were reduced to mendicancy • Syn: ↑beggary, ↑mendicancy • Hypernyms: ↑indigence, ↑need, ↑penury, ↑pauperism, ↑ …

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  • 14Seán Heuston — Infobox Military Person name= Seán Heuston born = birth date|1891|2|21|df=y died = death date and age|1916|5|8|1891|2|21|df=y placeofbirth= Dublin City, Ireland placeofdeath= Kilmainham Jail, Dublin City, Ireland caption= nickname= allegiance=… …

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  • 15English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …

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  • 16mendicancy — (n.) state or condition of beggary, 1790, from MENDICANT (Cf. mendicant) + CY (Cf. cy). Also in this sense was mendicity (c.1400), from O.Fr. mendicité begging, from L. mendicitatem (nom. mendicitas) beggary, mendicity …

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  • 17mendacity — mendacity, mendicity Mendacity (from Latin mendax ‘lying’) means ‘habitual lying or deceiving’, whereas mendicity (from Latin mendicare ‘to beg’) means ‘the practice or habit of begging’. The words are ultimately related in having a common… …

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  • 18Easter Rising — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Easter Rising partof=the movement towards Irish independence caption=Proclamation of the Republic, Easter 1916 date=April 24 to April 30, 1916 place=Dublin small action in Ashbourne skirmishes in counties Galway …

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  • 19Fianna Éireann — The sunburst flag, a symbol of Fianna Éireann The name Fianna Éireann (Irish pronunciation: [ˈfʲiənə ˈeːɾʲən] ( …

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  • 20Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington — (Apsley House, 5 April 1846 ndash; 8 June 1900, Strathfieldsaye) was the son of Lord Charles Wellesley and grandson of the 1st Duke of Wellington.Between 1859 and 1865 he attended Eton. He joined the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards as an ensign… …

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