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Definition of Riches
1. Noun. An abundance of material possessions and resources.
Generic synonyms: Material Resource
Specialized synonyms: Gold, Hoarded Wealth, Treasure
Derivative terms: Wealthy
Definition of Riches
1. n. pl. That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.
Definition of Riches
1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
2. Noun. Money, goods, wealth, treasure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Riches
1. wealth [n] - See also: wealth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riches
Literary usage of Riches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"OP riches. I CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue. The Roman word
is better, ... For as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue. ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"beware of hasty gathering of riches; Qui festinat ad divitias, non erit insons
... The poets feign, that when Plutus (which is riches) is sent from Jupiter, ..."
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