Meaning of oriency | Babel Free

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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