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prosperityn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prosperite. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman prosperitee, prosperte, prosperete, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French prosperite (French prospérité ) condition of being prosperous, success, an instance of this (12th cent. as prosperitet ) < classical Latin prosperitāt- , prosperitās favourable state or outcome, success < prosper , prosperus prosper adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix1; compare -ity suffix). Compare Old Occitan prosperitat (13th cent.), Catalan prosperitat (14th cent.), Spanish prosperidad, †prosperidat (14th cent.), Portuguese prosperidade (15th cent.), Italian prosperità (end of the 12th cent. as prosperitate). the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 145 Þe inre fondunge is twafalt, alswa as is þe uttere, forþe uttere is aduersite & prosperte [c1230 Corpus Cambr. prosperite], & þeos cundleð þe inre: Aduersite, Mislicunge; persperite [a1250 Nero prosperite], licunge þe limpeð to sunne. 1340 (1866) 125 (MED) Aduersete and prosperite he berþ..wyþ-oute wepinge. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. ii. 47 And thei pursueden sonys of pride, and the werk hadde prosperite in her hondis. ?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle 34 in E. P. Hammond (1927) 61/1 Prosperitee is blynd, & see ne may. a1475 J. Fortescue (Laud) (1885) 139 (MED) God defende owre kyng and gyff hym grase to augmente is reaume in riches, welth, and prosperite. a1500 (1939) 1604 Quhilys pess and prosperyte, Quhilys weir and gret infyrmyte. 1550–1 in A. I. Cameron (1927) 347 I beseik God to preserve your grace..in lang lyfe and gud prosperite. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 168 You haue, I know, petition'd all the Gods for my prosperitie . View more context for this quotation 1687 tr. Sallust 303 Prosperity wonderfully obscures and mantles Vice. 1741 C. Middleton (1742) I. Pref. 38 [The two Gracchi] had in great measure overturned that æquilibrium of power in the Republic, in which its peace and prosperity depended. 1795 E. Burke (1844) IV. 284 Prosperity is not apt to receive good lessons, nor always to give them. 1862 J. Ruskin iv. 143 The prosperity of any nation is in exact proportion to the quantity of labour which it spends in obtaining and employing means of life. 1897 B. Stoker xii. 157 I want to drink your health and prosperity; and may every blessing attend you both. 1947 24 Oct. 7/7 Mr. Hofmeyr said apartheid could not be reconciled with a policy of progress and prosperity for South Africa. 1970 27 May 8 Before these locust years of Labour, we had the Conservative years of rising prosperity. 2004 S. Mehta 433 His not earning and therefore not contributing to the prosperity of the family, a prosperity that would have attracted many eligible boys for its sole daughter. the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > instances of 1340 (1866) 24 (MED) Þe guodes of hap byeþ heȝnesses, richesses, delices, and prosperites. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius iv. pr. vi. 290 And God yeveth and departeth to other folk prosperites and adversites, imedled to hepe aftir the qualite of hir corages. c1450 (1905) II. 459 (MED) On my right hand I se noyes þat commys after prosperities. a1500 in C. Horstmann (1896) II. 369 (MED) If prosperytees come, be þou not prowde. c1550 (1979) vii. 55 The..barran feildis, quhilkis..hed bene fertil in al prosperiteis. 1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu 231 Shewing all prosperities of the world were but trifles, and counterfet gems, compared with eternall felicitie. 1664 K. Philips lx. 176 Who from the top of his Prosperities Can take a fall. 1716 tr. II. 516 On my Lord Duke's Return all his Prosperities vanish'd. 1814 W. Wordsworth iii. 115 We..shall be compelled to grieve That the prosperities of love and joy Should be permitted, oft-times, to endure So long, and be at once cast down for ever. View more context for this quotation 1856 E. B. Browning ii. 60 What then, indeed, If mortals were not greater by the head Than any of their prosperities? 1913 22 Feb. 40/2 This tinplate factory became the leading industry of the town, the foundation of its small prosperities. 1973 ‘E. Peters’ ii. 35 The crudity of the glimpse it afforded into long-past prosperities and distresses..drew her imagination almost against her will. Compounds1647 J. Trapp (Mark iv. 17) These are prosperity-proselytes, holy-day servants,..neuter passive Christians. 1840 21 8 A new Pactolus..seemed to the beglamoured eyes of the prosperity-men to have over~flowed the land. 1901 10 655/2 Households, who shall watch the prosperity-bringing fire with mingled joy and awe. 1992 28 Sept. 24/2 Prosperity counsellors are well established in America, but have not so far taken off in Britain. C2. 1835 18 Aug. 5/3 Once more we say, compare the ‘Prosperity Budget’ with the ‘Soft-soap Budget’. 1889 16 Apr. The Budget which Mr. Goschen introduced..might have been a ‘Prosperity’ Budget, had the requirements of the country been normal. 2006 www.bernama.com 11 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Dubbed as a ‘Prosperity Budget’, it would have a deficit of RM20.74 million which was lower than the previous deficit budget of RM26.64 million. 1908 18 Nov. 4/1 The prosperity gospel has been preached, just the same, in all the lake ports.] 1986 7 38 Affluence is preached, and has been termed the ‘Prosperity Gospel’. 2012 S. Oluoch i. 28 In prosperity gospel, wealth or riches is a measure of and seen as evidence of God's blessing upon a person's life. 1985 S. W. Brown v. 67 God didn't put us in this world to be happy. That is where ‘prosperity theology’ has made a great mistake. 1995 (Nexis) 1 Oct. 16 Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, proponents of what is called ‘prosperity theology’, deliver homilies from their kitchen table on how to come closer to God and grow rich at the same time. 2012 11 May 23/2 It is..refreshing to read a serious engagement with prosperity theology rather than the knee-jerk dismissals often found in Christian polemics. 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