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Definition of prosperity - 3 dictionary results

pros⋅per⋅i⋅ty

[pro-sper-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
1. a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, esp. in financial respects; good fortune.
2. prosperities, prosperous circumstances.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME prosperite < OF < L prosperitās. See prosperous, -ity
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pros·per·i·ty   (prŏ-spěr'ĭ-tē)   
n.  The condition of being prosperous.
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Word Origin & History

prosperity 
c.1225, from O.Fr. prosperite (c.1140), from L. prosperitatem (nom. prosperitas) "good fortune," from prosperus (see prosper).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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