Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abundance

Abundance (ȧ*bun"dans) , noun

[Old English (h)abundaunce, abundance, French abondance, Latin abundantia, from abundare. See Abound.]

An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.
It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. — Raleigh