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Greed A Failing Gripping Padre Occasionally Crossword Clue

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noun

• reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

• extreme greed for material wealth

36%3Padre
noun

• an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

36%12A reverend or padre
adjective

• of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)

noun

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

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