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oriency Now rare.|ˈɔərɪənsɪ|
Also orience.
[f. Orient a.: see -ency.]
‘Orient’ quality (see next, B. 2 b); brilliancy, lustre. (poet.)
1652N. Culverwel Lt. of Nat. Rep. 20 The picture has lost its gloss and beauty, the oriency of its colours. 1693Beverley True St. Gosp. Truth 5 Every Link of the Golden Chain..hath in it self the Oriency, and Riches of all the Other. c1865G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 120 Once it was scarce perceivèd Lent For orience of the daffodil. Ibid. 139 The heightening dawn with milky orience Rounds its still-purpling centreings of cloud. 1896Daily News 4 Jan. 5/3 The delicate oriency of his pearls is lost in the strong hues. |