Meaning of dulcity | Babel Free

Definitions

Sweetness (literal and figurative).

literary, uncountable

Examples

“And amongſt other fruits as Orenges (which are ſweet, ſucculent and daintie) of ſo pleaſant a taſte and relliſh, that they affect⟳ the eater wonderfully offering the rinde with no leſſe pleaſure then the iuice, both which ſeeme to haue dulcitie and Acrimony mixt together[…]”

“But when natural heat begins to domineer in the very matter⟳, and the watry matter⟳ mixed with the terrene hath attained to maturity, then the auſterity evinced and expelled, dulcity succeeds in the same matter⟳; and ſo auſtere Fruits after mutation become⟳ ſweet, which mutation is not of the matter⟳, but quality.”

“Therefore it naturally comes to paſſe, that we follow⟳ that which pleaſeth: eſpecially, if the Genius of the Nature, accord with the Election of the Will: and the toiles therein undergone, either are not tedious' or elſe the bitterneſſe of the trouble⟳, loſing it elſe in the dulcity of the operation; they are not felt toilſome.”

“Wherefore then doth mi ſo miſerabl wretched Soul reſent, relliſh, feel⟳ the dulcitie, Suavitie, ſweetneſs of Thour præſence?”

“Then, as Peter and Paul raised the bier, Peter began to sing⟳ and say⟳: Exiit Israel de Ægypto, Alleluia! And the other apostles sweetly took up the chant; and the Lord covered the bier and the apostles with a cloud, so that they were not visible, and only their voices were heard. And angels also were present⟳ with the apostles, singing with them and filling the whole earth with the dulcity of their music.”

“Within our soules shall thy semblance live⟳ / To teach⟳ us love⟳, compassion, and felicity; / For He whom to thee your life did give⟳ / Hath recalled thee to this heavenly dulcity.”

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