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A form of government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of the wealthy classes; government by the rich; also, a controlling or influential class of rich men.

One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy.

The science which treats of wealth.

The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit.

in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks. Weale.

which treats of the sources, and methods of production and preservation, of the material wealth and prosperity of nations.

Meanly; without spirit. Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire. Dryden.

that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions. When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Matt. xix. 22. Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. Acts v. 1. The house of Jaco…

p; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff. Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew. Dryden.

rdinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others. Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Dan. iv. 37. Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt. Franklin.…

in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others. It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence. Macaulay.

ector (Eng. Hist.), the title of Oliver Cromwell as supreme governor of the British Commonwealth (1653-1658).

To acquire wealth or property. [Obs.] Sure our lawyers Would not purchase half so fast. J. Webster.

gnty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. "He was born in the purple." Gibbon.

ight purse, or Empty purse, poverty or want of resources. -- Long purse, or Heavy purse, wealth; riches. -- Purse crab (Zoöl.), any land crab of the genus Birgus, allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefl…

An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb. Weale.

The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. Weale.

laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.

; estimation; repute; note; account. A man of meanest regard amongst them, neither having wealth or power. Spenser.