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atemprance (c.1136-65)
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atemprance (c.1136-65)

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atemperance,  atempraunce;  entempraunce  (atrempance  Poème 284)  
  FEW:  temperare 13/i,174b Gdf:  atemprance 1,467a GdfC: ∅ TL: atemprance 1,626 DEAF:  temprer (atemprance)  DMF:  attemprance  TLF: ∅ OED:  attemperance n.  MED:  attempra(u)nce n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1temperance, moderation: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  [a]temperance Ki nus defend desmesurance  Female Religious 72
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Fort ert en l’atenance, Amesurez en atemprance  S Modw 4599
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  par la vertue d’atemprance q’est, Sire, en voz  Sz Med1 201
2temperature: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Cinc lignes […] Une de chaud e dous de froit; Li dous ke entre cels serrunt Bone atempraunce en soi frunt  Pet Phil (C) 414
3fig.contrition (?): 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Boche de fol est atemprance De sei meisme e despisance (Latin: Os stulti contricio eius)  Salemon 10737

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temprance 
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