Definition of Beggery

Beg"gar*y (&?;), n. [OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n.] 1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.

2. Beggarly appearance. [R.]

The freedom and the beggary of the old studio.
Thackeray.

Syn. -- Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.

Beg"gar*y, a. Beggarly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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