The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
2. To deprive; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one of title or property.
3. To deprive or strip of any thing that covers , surrounds or attends; as, to divest one of his glory; to divest a subject of deceptive appearances, or false ornaments.
2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc.
3. See Devest.
Capable of being divested.
The act of stripping, putting off, or depriving.
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
The act of divesting.
DIVESTITURE, DIVESTURE noun The act of stripping, putting off, or depriving.
Wealth Roget’s Thesaurus §803
N. wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence, affluence, good circumstances, easy circumstances, independence, competence, solvency, provision, livelihood, maintenance, alimony, dowry, means, resources, substance, property, command of money, income, capital, money, round sum, mint of money, mine of wealth, el dorado, bonanza, pacatolus, golconda, potosi, long purse, full purse, well lined purse, heavy purse, deep pockets, purse of fortunatus, embarras de richesses, pelf, mammon, lucre, filthy lucre, loaves and fishes|, rich man, moneyed man, warm man, man of substance, capitalist, millionaire, tippybob*, nabob, croesus, idas, plutus, dives, timon of athens, timocracy, plutocracy, danae
V. be rich, roll in wealth, roll in riches, wallow in wealth, wallow in riches, afford, well afford, command money, command a sum, make both ends meet, hold one's head above water, become rich, strike it rich, come into a sum of money, receive a windfall, receive an inheritance, hit the jackpot, win the lottery, fill one's pocket, feather one's nest, make a fortune, make money, enrich, imburse, worship the golden calf, worship mammon
Adj. wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent, moneyed, monied, worth much, well to do, well off, warm, comfortable, well, well provided for, made of money, rich as croesus, filthy rich, rich as a jew|, rolling in riches, rolling in wealth, flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin*, in funds, in cash, in full feather, solvent, pecunious, out of debt, in the black, all straight
Phr. one's ship coming in, amour fait beaucoup mais argent fait tout, aurea rumpunt tecta quietem, magna servitus ist magna fortuna, "mammon, the least erected spirit that fell from heaven", opum furiata cupido, vera prosperita e non aver necessita, wie gewonnen so zerronnen
No Bible verses found for "dives".