abstemiousness

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Abstemiousness is also a hallmark of the Shaker religion, a celibate 18th-century offshoot of the Quakers and now nearly extinct.

From New York Times • May 29, 2014

Abstemiousness seems to be the order of the day.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2014

Abstemiousness in drink is a very commendable virtue.

From The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars With a Novena and Litany to this Zealous Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord by Anonymous

Abstemiousness, subjective part of temperance, 2465 a; definition, 2466; degrees of abstemiousness, 2467 a; austerity, 2468; excellence of fasting and abstinence, 2469 a; sins opposed to abstemiousness, 2470 a.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

Abstemiousness, Fothy Finch says, should be our motto, rather than Abstinence.

From Hermione's Group of Thinkers by Marquis, Don