Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man of great wealth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rich man: [capitalized] usually regarded as the proper name of the rich man of the parable in Luke-xvi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Icteridae .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The rich man is commonly called Dives, the Latin name for “a man of wealth.”
The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition Charles Rosenbury Erdman 1913
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In many theological writings, the rich man of this parable is called Dives, but the name is not of scriptural usage.
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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Marcus Licinius Crassus -- called Dives, or the Rich, from the spoil he had gained during the proscription.
Young Folks' History of Rome Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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His surname is getting as much out of fashion as the "Dives" of Crassus.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Dives which is mentioned in another chapter, this hotel is not over restored, although in the days of a past proprietor the house contained a great number of antiques and its fame attracted many distinguished visitors, including Sir Walter Scott and Victor Hugo.
Normandy, Illustrated, Complete Gordon Home 1923
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Dives which is mentioned in another chapter, this hotel is not over restored, although in the days of a past proprietor the house contained a great number of antiques and its fame attracted many distinguished visitors, including Sir Walter Scott and Victor Hugo.
Normandy, Illustrated, Part 1 Gordon Home 1923
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"Dives," they exclaim, "in his life-time possessed good things and in like manner Lazarus evil things, but now the one is comforted in the bosom of Abraham, and the other tormented in a lake of fire."
The Fair Haven Samuel Butler 1868
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The audio was created by "Dives" from the guild Wipe Club, I had nothing to do with its creation, I only made the animation.
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The audio was created by "Dives" from the guild Wipe Club, I had nothing to do with its creation, I only made the animation.
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On the other side of Charleston, we made our first stop at a place that Guy Fieri would certainly have filed under the "Dives" for what the billboards touted as "World Famous" hot dogs.
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