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/rˈɪtʃəz/ /rˈɪtʃɪz/ Listen

noun

Riches n. pl.

That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence. "Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion, than our neighbors."

That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like. "The riche of heaven's pavement, trodden gold." Note: Richesse, the older form of this word, was in the singular number. The form riches, however, is plural in appearance, and has now come to be used as a plural. "Against the richesses of this world shall they have misease of poverty." "In one hour so great riches is come to nought." "And for that riches where is my deserving?"

Synonyms: Wealth; opulence; affluence; wealthiness; richness; plenty; abundance.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Riches" Quotes from Famous Books

... of those who do not compute riches by the number of dollars one possesses. So I think, to you I may safely answer, yes. I have contentment with little, and on such ...

— Janet's Love and Service • Margaret M Robertson

... certainty is wrecking to the best of human prospects. The man whose one idea is of making himself and his family materially comfortable, or even rich, may not be coming to nervous prostration, but he is courting a moral prostration that will deny him all the real riches of life and that will in the end reward him with a troubled mind, a great, unsatisfied longing, unless, to be sure, he is too smug and satisfied to long ...

— The Untroubled Mind • Herbert J. Hall

... delectations sweet, Not the cushion and the slipper, not the peaceful, and the studious, Not the riches safe and palling, not for us the tame ...

— Selections From American Poetry • Various

... the side road was one of good size. In days gone by it had flourished, and been a source of riches to the colonel and his wife, the only members of the household. The slaves had numbered sixty-five, all able-bodied, and all worth five hundred dollars each at the auction block in Memphis. Now all but six of the slaves had run away, the plantation was neglected, and what there had been ...

— An Undivided Union • Oliver Optic

... waits but for the first success to declare himself for the cause in arms. Crassus, the rich—Caesar, the people's idol—have heard our counsels, and approve them. The first blow struck, their influence, their names, their riches, and their popularity, strike with us—trustier friends, by Pollux! and more potent, than fifty ...

— The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2) • Henry William Herbert

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