Meaning of prosperitie | Babel Free
Definitions
Obsolete spelling of prosperity.
alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
“[…] the estate of that flourishing towne was turned arsie versie, topside the otherwaie, and from abundance of prosperitie quite exchanged to extreame penurie.”
“So ſhall you haue a ſhorter iourney to your deſires, by the meanes I ſhall then haue to preferre them. And the impediment moſt profitably remoued, without the which there were no expectation of our proſperitie.”
“it is hard not to ouer-ioy in a sudden prosperitie, and, to vse happinesse is no lesse difficult, then to forbeare it”
“So the Iewes, when they ſecurely bleſſed themſelues in their proſperitie,and drowned the voyce of the Lords Heralds, denouncing warre, with their lowder crie of peace, peace, were vanquiſhed by their enemies, and led into a miſerable captiuitie.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.