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Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Sobriety
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SOBRI'ETY, n. L. sobrietas, from sobrius.
1. Habitual soberness or temperance in the use of spirituous liquors as when we say. a man of sobriety.
2. Freedom from intoxication. Public sobriety is a relative duty.
3. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion or overheated imagination calmness coolness as the sobriety of riper years the sobriety of age.
4. Seriousness gravity without sadness or melancholy. Mirth makes them not mad, nor sobriety sad.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Sobriety'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/sobriety.html.
Entry for 'Sobriety'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/sobriety.html.
