- A
spendthrift (also
profligate or prodigal) is
someone who is
extravagant and
recklessly wasteful with money,
often to a
point where the
spending climbs...
-
financial pressures,
partly due to
creeping inflation but also to the
profligacy and
financial incompetence of James's court. In
February 1610, Salisbury...
-
outweighed by the party's
service of
union interests and its
unsustainable profligacy. "There is no sign at all that Mr
Shorten will
force Labor to
remove the...
- Fall of the
Roman Empire,
which argues that
Christianity allied with the
profligacy of the
Roman elite led to the fall of
Ancient Rome. In "The Articulation...
-
dramatist and politician. He was prin****lly
remembered for his wit and
profligacy. He was the son of Sir John Sedley, 2nd Baronet, of
Aylesford in Kent...
- in 2007,
Russian travellers to Iran
consider mut'ah to be "legalized
profligacy"
which is
indistinguishable from prostitution.
Religious supporters of...
- Fall of the
Roman Empire,
which argues that
Christianity allied with the
profligacy of the
Roman elite led to the fall of
Ancient Rome. In "History and Historical...
-
Gesenius Entry (lower left word) has
indications of "squandering" and "
profligacy" (waste). In
Matthew 11:19 and Luke 7:34, it is φαγος ("phagos" transliterated...
- by her
eldest son on
charges of
scandalous conduct, dissolution, and
profligacy. Joan was born in 1289 in Conches, France, the
second eldest daughter...
- from
Media and
their forces. But he was
accused with the rest of
extreme profligacy and oppression, not
unmixed with sacrilege, in his command, and was put...
