The Collaborative International Dictionary
Richesse \Rich"esse\, n. [F. See Riches.] Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches. [Obs.]
Some man desireth for to have richesse.
--Chaucer.
The richesse of all heavenly grace.
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) wealth or riches
Usage examples of "richesse".
The harts and hinds in their herds, the boars in their singulars, the skulks of foxes, the richesses of martens, the bevies of roes, the cetes of badgers and the routs of wolves: all came to him more or less as something which you either skin or flayed and then took home to the cook.
Margery said that I must save your life, and indeed, two corpses in my house would be an embarras de richesses for one night.
Paix, la grande Paix produit pour les mortels la richesse et la fleur des douces chansons.
And they hym sworen his axyng, faire and weel, And hym of lordship and of mercy preyde, And he hem graunteth grace, and thus he seyde: "To speke of roial lynage and richesse, Though that she were a queene or a princesse, Ech of you bothe is worthy doutelees To wedden whan tyme is, but nathelees I speke as for my suster Emelye, For whom ye have this strif and jalousye: Ye woot yourself, she may nat wedden two Atones, though ye fighten everemo!
Thow blamest Crist, and seist ful bitterly He mysdeparteth richesse temporal.
All my delight on deedes of armes is set,To hunt out perils and aduentures hard,By sea, by land, where so they may be met,Onely for honour and for high regard,Without respect of richesse or reward.
In her the richesse of all heauenly graceIn chiefe degree are heaped vp on hye:And all that else this worlds enclosure bace,Hath great or glorious in mortall eye.