oriency

noun

oriency

noun

Etymology From orient + -cy.

1

Archaic Brightness or strength of colour.

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.1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 41:
one worthy man whoſe Juſtice has the oriency of a Carbuncle1663, Edward Waterhouse, Fortescutus Illustratus:

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'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?1654, Nathan Culverwell, An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature:

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