All 3 Uses of
amass
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Not only did Saunière have a personal passion for relics relating to fertility, goddess cults, Wicca, and the sacred feminine, but during his twenty-year tenure as curator, Saunière had helped the Louvre amass the largest collection of goddess art on earth—labrys axes from the priestesses' oldest Greek shrine in Delphi, gold caducei wands, hundreds of Tjet ankhs resembling small standing angels, sistrum rattles used in ancient Egypt to dispel evil spirits, and an astonishing array of…†
Chpt 4
- With their new carte blanche from the Vatican, the Knights Templar expanded at a staggering rate, both in numbers and political force, amassing vast estates in over a dozen countries.†
Chpt 37-38
- By the 1300s, the Vatican sanction had helped the Knights amass so much power that Pope Clement V decided that something had to be done.†
Chpt 37-38 *
Definition:
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(amass) get or gather together