Temperance
f.
Latin temperantia 'temperance'.
This virtue name came into use in England in the middle of the 16th century.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1575 Temperaunce BUmar-vol1 p. 91;
1581 Temperance COmar-vol5 p. 6;
1583 Temperance ibid. p. 6
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Temperance". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Temperance.