luxurity

noun 2

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noun

1

The quality of being luxurious.

Cicero deſcribeth the murthering of Roſcius, the luxurity and ryots of Anthony, with many others moe.

[…] a ſhame were it therefore for vs to imitate ſo painfullie, as many doe in eloquence Cicero, in philoſophy Ariſtotle, in lawe Iuſtinian, in Phyſicke Galen, for worldlie wiſedome yea to imitate, as moſt doe, the French in vanity, the Dutch in luxurity, in brauery the Spaniſh, the Papiſts in indolatry in impietie and all impuritie of life the Atheiſtes, and not to followe our ſauiour Chriſt in heauenlie wiſedome, and in al godlines of maners.

2

Something that is luxurious.

How deeply would the luxurities of Europe be curtailed if the supplies of other countries were withheld?

If the parasites of the society do not want any more the luxurities of Madrid then they are able to bath their nerves in the town upon the Seine, and to reach it for this purpose within a day’s time.

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