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English
Etymology
From orient + -cy.
Noun
oriency (uncountable)
- (archaic) Brightness or strength of colour.
1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 41: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.
1663, Edward Waterhouse, Fortescutus Illustratus:one worthy man whoſe Juſtice has the oriency of a Carbuncle
1654, Nathan Culverwell, An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature:'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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