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Extravagancies

Extravagancy \Ex*trav"a*gan*cy\, n.; pl. Extravagancies. Extravagance.

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extravagancies

n. (plural of extravagancy English)

Usage examples of "extravagancies".

It is from this mixture of Orientalism, Platonism, and Judaism, that Gnosticism arose, which had produced so many theological and philosophical extravagancies, and in which Oriental notions evidently predominate.

Nothing could abate the supreme belief in himself that my lord held, but certainly he used fewer extravagancies with his servant than with his children, and would condescend to listen to John’s disapproving words.

He will preach against extravagancies, and the vanities of this world, and land speculation.