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Luxury
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a disposition of mind addicted to pleasure, riot, and superfluities. Luxury implies a giving one's self up to pleasure; voluptuousness, an indulgence in the same to excess. Luxury may be further considered as consisting in,
1. Vain and useless expenses;
2. In a parade beyond what people can afford;
3. In affecting to be above our own rank;
4. In living in a splendor that does not agree with the public good. In order to avoid it, we should consider that i is ridiculous, troublesome, sinful, and ruinous. See Robinson's Claude, 1:382; Ferguson, On Society, part 6, section 2; Buck, Theological Dictionary, s.v.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Luxury'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​l/luxury.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Luxury'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​l/luxury.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.