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Avaritia   Listen
noun
avaritia  n.  A reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); avarice; greed.
Synonyms: avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity





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"Avaritia" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1 Cor. v.: Et hac tenus de castigatione scelerum ecclesiastica. Hic tamen diligenter admonitos volo fratres, vigilent, et omni diligentia curent, ut salutare hoc pharmacum, e caetu sanctorum pontificis avaritia eliminatum, reducatur, hoc est ut scelera offendentia plectantur. Hic enim unicus est excommunicationis finis, ut mores excolatur et florcant sancti, prophani vero coerceantur, ne mali porro impudentia ac impietate grassentur. Nostrum ...
— The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Gillespie


Words linked to "Avaritia" :   deadly sin, greed, rapacity, mortal sin, avarice


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