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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Contemperationnoun

    Etymology: from contemperate.

    The use of air, without which there is no continuation in life, is not nutrition, but the contemperation of fervour in the heart. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    There is not greater variety in men’s faces, and in the contemperations of their natural humours, than there is in their phantasies. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Contemperationnoun

    the act of tempering or moderating

  2. Contemperationnoun

    proportionate mixture or combination

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of contemperation in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of contemperation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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