ˈtɛmpəɹəns
Habitual moderation in regard to natural appetites and passions; self-restraint; abstinence from alcoholic drinks.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1 Corinthians 9:24-25, KJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23, KJV
Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:23, KJV
temperaunce /temperaunce/
Middle English, England
temperantia /temperantia/
Classical Latin, Rome