单词 | continency |
释义 | continencyn. Now rare. I. Senses relating to self-restraint. 1. Self-restraint, temperance; = continence n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [noun] > abstinence abstinence?c1225 continencec1340 abstaining1395 continency1567 continuancea1625 non-ism1990 1567 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) vi. vii. f. 164v A pointe of greate continencye and integritie. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 378 Continencie of tongue. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxiii. 119 Such as liue moderately and with great continencie. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1350/2 A maruellous continencie & clemencie of rough citizens against their enimies, in keeping their hands from the killing of prisoners. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God i. v. 10 Commended for abstayning from making bootie of their Images..he seasoned his continencie with a conceit. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Continency..a refraining from all things delightful that hinder perfection. 2. spec. in reference to sexual indulgence; = continence n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > [noun] kasté13.. chastityc1305 chasteheada1325 temperance1340 continencec1380 chastenessc1386 virginitya1400 violet1412 castimony1490 continency1526 chastice1567 nunnery1654 brahmacharya1787 moral restraint1803 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBiiii Chastite or contynency of soule and body. 1552 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16279) Matrymonye sig. P.vv That such persons as haue not the gift of continencie, might marye. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 119 b Gif sho be nocht bund with the voue of continencie. 1692 T. P. Blount Ess. 26 All such Married Priests as would not immediately quit their Wives, and take the Oath of Continency. 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 71 Ethelreda was married to Egfrid..with whom she lived..in a state of continency for twelve years. 3. Containing quality; inclusion, inclusiveness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > [noun] > quality of continencya1617 a1617 P. Baynes Diocesans Tryall (1621) 18 By law of this virtuall continency, Philadelphia and Thiatira were included in two of the other, viz. Sardis, and Pergamus, which were their mother cities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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