All 9 Uses
avarice
in
Ivanhoe
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- see them carefully tended; let them not say in their pride, the Saxon churl has shown at once his poverty and his avarice.†
Chpt 3avarice = excessive desire for wealth
- The obstinacy and avarice of the Jews being thus in a measure placed in opposition to the fanaticism that tyranny of those under whom they lived, seemed to increase in proportion to the persecution with which they were visited; and the immense wealth they usually acquired in commerce, while it frequently placed them in danger, was at other times used to extend their influence, and to secure to them a certain degree of protection.†
Chpt 6
- It was not in places of general resort, or where their equals were assembled, that any avaricious or malevolent noble durst offer him injury.†
Chpt 7 *avaricious = having or showing excessive desire for wealth
- It seemed as if his avarice were struggling with his better nature, and compelling him to pouch zecchin after zecchin while his generosity urged him to restore some part at least to his benefactor, or as a donation to his agent.†
Chpt 10avarice = excessive desire for wealth
- No silver will I give thee, unless I were to pour it molten down thy avaricious throat—no, not a silver penny will I give thee, Nazarene, were it to save thee from the deep damnation thy whole life has merited!†
Chpt 22avaricious = having or showing excessive desire for wealth
- But in this task of consolation De Bracy was interrupted by the horn, "hoarse-winded blowing far and keen," which had at the same time alarmed the other inmates of the castle, and interrupted their several plans of avarice and of license.†
Chpt 23avarice = excessive desire for wealth
- She had already unclasped two costly bracelets and a collar, which she hastened to proffer to the supposed outlaw, concluding naturally that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favour.†
Chpt 24
- But among the vices of Front-de-Boeuf, a hard and griping man, avarice was predominant; and he preferred setting church and churchmen at defiance, to purchasing from them pardon and absolution at the price of treasure and of manors.†
Chpt 30
- "Do not thou interrupt me with thine ill-timed avarice," said the Outlaw, "and I will deal with him in thy behalf."†
Chpt 33
Definitions:
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(1)
(avarice) excessive desire for wealthLike "greed", but implies greed specifically for money. The early Christian Church counted avarice as one of the "seven deadly sins."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)