Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Beggary

Beggary ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Old English beggerie. See Beggar, n.]

1.
The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
2.
Beggarly appearance. [Rare]
The freedom and the beggary of the old studio. — Thackeray

Beggary , adjective

Beggarly. [Obsolete] — B. Jonson