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beggary

[ beg-uh-ree ]

noun

plural beggaries
  1. a state or condition of utter poverty.
  2. beggars collectively.
  3. a place lived in or frequented by beggars.


beggary

/ ˈɛɡəɪ /

noun

  1. extreme poverty or need
  2. the condition of being a beggar
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of beggary1

1350–1400; Middle English beggerie. See beggar, -y 3( def )
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“We started our drive against the menace of beggary three months back.”

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“There’s beggary in the love that can be reckoned,” he said.

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A Massachusetts official, writing in 1857, informed the state legislature that the Irish immigrant population was characterized by “wretchedness, beggary, drunkenness, deceit, lying, treachery, malice, superstition.”

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Let us become one prosperous happy world without poverty, beggary, corruption, selfishness, disparity or inequality.

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So he appealed to them, one after another, going from left to right, with open palm, as though his life time had been spent in beggary.

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