Definition of Covetousnesses

1. covetousness [n] - See also: covetousness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Covetousnesses

coves
covet
covetable
coveted
coveteousness
coveter
coveters
coveting
covetingly
covetise
covetises
covetiveness
covetous
covetously
covetousness
covetousnesses (current term)
covets
covey
coveys
coville
covin
coving
covings
covinous
covins
covolatility
covyne
covynes
cow's head

Literary usage of Covetousnesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nineteenth Century (1884)
"It is hard for the rich and idle'to understand that the jealousies and covetousnesses of the poor all turn upon the race for work, not the race for wages, ..."

2. Criminology by Raffaele Garofalo (1914)
"... the most marked of these distinctive features are not all physical, but are for the most part drawn from their propensities, habits, and covetousnesses, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"... the whole subject of marriage, and thereby again fostering restrictive church legislation with all its attendant covetousnesses and corruptions. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"... t lie whole subject of marriage, and thereby again fostering restrictive church legislation with all its attendant covetousnesses and corruptions. ..."

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