Both Uses of "avarice" in "The Screwtape Letters"

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Both Uses

avarice
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The Screwtape Letters
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Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
Chpt 15 *

avarice = excessive desire for wealth
And continued novelty costs money, so that the desire for it spells avarice or unhappiness or both.†
Chpt 25

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(1) (avarice)
excessive desire for wealth

Like "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)