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prosperity

[pro-sper-i-tee]
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noun, plural pros·per·i·ties.
  1. a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
  2. prosperities, prosperous circumstances, characterized by financial success or good fortune.
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Origin of prosperity

1175–1225; Middle English prosperite < Old French < Latin prosperitās. See prosperous, -ity
Related formsnon·pros·per·i·ty, noun
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Historical Examples

  • When the morning dawned, the Prosperities had already taken up a permanent abode with the family.

    Tales of the Sun

    Mrs. Howard Kingscote

  • The Ashṭalakshmîs—the Eight Prosperities—entered the town that night and went house by house into every street.

    Tales of the Sun

    Mrs. Howard Kingscote

British Dictionary definitions for prosperities

prosperity

noun
  1. the condition of prospering; success or wealth
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Word Origin and History for prosperities

prosperity

n.

c.1200, from Old French prosprete (12c., Modern French prospérité) and directly from Latin prosperitatem (nominative prosperitas) "good fortune," from prosperus (see prosper).

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