DIVES


Meaning of DIVES in English

[Other] The Christian personification of the rich man, during medieval times. Dives was doomed to hell fire, while Lazarus, who is his exact opposite, reposed in the bosom of Abraham. In iconography he appeared as the epitome of meanness, weighed down with his money-bag and tormented by several devils.

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