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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Intemperance, Intemperancynoun
Want of temperance; want of moderation; excess in meat or drink.
Etymology: intemperance, Fr. intemperantia, Lat.
Boundless intemperance
In nature is a tyranny; it hath been
The fall of many kings. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.Another law of Lycurgus induced to intemperancy and all kind of incontinency. George Hakewill.
Some, as thou saw'st, by violent stroke shall die;
By fire, flood, famine, by intemperance more
In meats and drinks, which on the earth shall bring
Diseases dire; of which a monstrous crew
Before thee shall appear; that thou may'st know
What misery th' inabstinence of Eve
Shall bring on men. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.The Lacedomonians trained up their children to hate drunkenness and intemperance, by bringing a drunken man into their company. Isaac Watts.
Webster Dictionary
Intemperancynoun
intemperance
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of intemperancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of intemperancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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