opulence

Wealth.

Abundance, bounty, profusion.

Ostentatious display of wealth and luxury; plushness.

There in full Opulence a Banker dwelt, Who all the Joys and Pangs of Riches felt; His Side-board glitter’d with imagin’d Plate; And his proud Fancy held a vaſt Eſtate.

The most meritorious persons have always … been removed from opulence.