Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mendicancy \Men"di*can*cy\, n.
   The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. --Burke.

Source : WordNet®

mendicancy
     n : a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street
         by an apparently penniless person) [syn: {beggary}, {begging}]