Bible Dictionary: Sumptuous

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; luxurious; splendid; magnificent; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.

Greek

3045. liparos -- oily, fatty, fig. rich
... rich. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: liparos Phonetic Spelling:
(lip-ar-os') Short Definition: rich, sumptuous Definition: (lit: fat), rich ...
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2986. lampros -- bright
... From the same as lampas; radiant; by analogy, limpid; figuratively, magnificent
or sumptuous (in appearance) -- bright, clear, gay, goodly, gorgeous, white. ...
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Library

Set at Liberty.
... brigandage, pillage, and bloodshed. It is not difficult to imagine that
sumptuous and splendid retinue. Roman soldiers and officials ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xiv set at liberty.htm

How Herod the Tetrarch was Banished.
... So he got all things ready, after as sumptuous a manner as he was able, and spared
for nothing, and went up to Rome, and took Herodias along with him. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how herod the.htm

Whether the Species of Gluttony are Fittingly Distinguished?
... First, with regard to the food consumed: and thus, as regards the substance or species
of food a man seeks "sumptuous""-ie costly food; as regards its quality ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the species of gluttony.htm

The Rival Empresses --Pulcheria and Eudocia
... Whereas richly clad senators and officers in sumptuous raiment had earlier passed
in and out of the palace, so now the black robes of priests and the dark ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/x the rival empressespulcheria and.htm

Conversations.
... Mode of finding a worthy man."Pheraulas wounded."Pheraulas pursues his course."He
receives the Sacian's horse."Sumptuous entertainment."Pheraulas and ...
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Saint George Releases the Six Champions.
... appeared without her silver wand; and soon after they saw her sink down on a couch
of rose-leaves she had prepared for herself in a sumptuous apartment, where ...
/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter two saint george releases.htm

The Rich Man and Lazarus.
... The rich man was carried from a sumptuous table to a sumptuous tomb; and the poor
man perhaps had not where to lay his head, when its aching had ceased at ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/arnot/the parables of our lord/xxvi the rich man and.htm

Felicitous Phrases
... M. magnificent, sumptuous, and stately. magnitude, duration, and scope. ... polished,
elegant, and sumptuous. politics, business, and religion. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section iii felicitous phrases.htm

Before Egypt's Throne
... Three of the soldiers laid their cloaks on the earth for her feet; six others let
down the litter and Menes assisted her into the sumptuous conveyance Rameses ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxxix before egypts throne.htm

The Tomb of the Pharaoh
... He moved forward, his path only discovered to him step by step as the light advanced,
the sumptuous frescoes done by the hand of his father emerging, one ...
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Thesaurus

Sumptuous (1 Occurrence)
... (a.) Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; luxurious; splendid;
magnificent; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. ...
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Feast (209 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment,
of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety ...
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Dainty (7 Occurrences)
... seeing they are deceitful food" (compare John's words in the woes upon Babylon
(Revelation 18:14), "All things that were dainties and sumptuous are perished ...
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Banquet (58 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating
and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches. ...
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Riches (118 Occurrences)
... opulence; affluence. 2. (a.) That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious,
or the like. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RICHES. rich ...
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Summons (7 Occurrences)

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Vanished (13 Occurrences)
... Revelation 18:14 The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you,
and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you ...
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Luxurious (9 Occurrences)
... Revelation 18:14 The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you,
and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you ...
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Lusted (14 Occurrences)
... Revelation 18:14 The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you,
and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you ...
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Goodly (46 Occurrences)
... British and American) "fine clothing," and Revelation 18:14, "dainty and goodly"
the Revised Version (British and American) "dainty and sumptuous." In Hebrews ...
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Bible Concordance

Sumptuous (1 Occurrence)

Revelation 18:14 The fruits which your soul lusted after have been lost to you, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all.
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Subtopics

Sumptuous

Related Terms

Feast (209 Occurrences)

Dainty (7 Occurrences)

Banquet (58 Occurrences)

Riches (118 Occurrences)

Summons (7 Occurrences)

Vanished (13 Occurrences)

Luxurious (9 Occurrences)

Lusted (14 Occurrences)

Goodly (46 Occurrences)