oriency

Definitions

Brightness or strength of colour.

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“So our Lord Chrift having ſet down ſeveral qualifications of a Chriſtin […] ſets the magnificent crown of reward⟳ upon them, that by this oriency, he might the more ſet forth their unparallel'd beauty, and entice holy love⟳.”

“one worthy man whoſe Juſtice has the oriency of a Carbuncle”

“'Tis granted that the picture has lost its gloſſe and beauty, the oriency of its colours, the elegancy of its lineaments, the comelineſſe of its proportion; muſt it therefore be totally defac'd?”

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