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CUPIDITY
Avarice or greed. It stresses the intensity and compelling nature of the desire for wealth or possessions. (Etym. Latin cupiditas,greediness, desire, covetousness; Cupid, god of love.)
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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