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† ˈtemperancy Obs.
Also 6 -ie.
[ad. L. temperāntia: see prec. and -ancy.]
= prec., as a quality or state, in senses 1, 2, 3 b; esp. moderation. Common in 16th c.; rare after 1630.
As to use in N.T. translations, see note to prec.
1526Tindale Gal. v. 23 The frute off the sprete is love, ioye, peace, longe sufferynge,..meknes, temperancy [so Cranmer]. ― 2 Pet. i. 6 In vertue knowledge, and in knowledge temperancy [so Coverdale], and in temperancy pacience. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde iv. iii. (1634) 190 If the matrix be distempered..then must ye reduce it againe to temperancie, by such remedies. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 237 Some..will haue temperancie to extend farther than continencie. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 232 According to the temperancie or intemperancie that is in vs, the affections of the soule also will be more moderate or immoderate. 1620Venner Via Recta ix. (1650) 263 Variety..of meats may offend with immoderation, never with temperancy. 1635A. Stafford Fem. Glory (1869) 21 She knew Temperancy to be Gods, and Natures Favorite. |