mendacIty

[Lat. mendacitas, from men dax (gen it. mendacis)=lying; Ital. & Sp. men dacia.] 1. The act or habit of lying; a disposition to lie or deceive; habitual lying. "Indeed in him mendacity was almost a disease." -Ма caulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. vi. IMG:content-1099.png:[blocks in formation] first were received with approbation by the laity, whose religious zeal depends a great deal upon their opinion of the sincerity and disinterestedne of their pastors. It is noticeable that the supinene and corruption which they imputed to the secular clergy came, in time, to be imputed to them also. *měn'-di-cāte, v . i . [Lat. mend i cat us , pa. par. of mendico =to beg.] To beg; to ask alms.