"Temperance" meaning in English

See Temperance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From temperance. A virtue name first used by Puritans in the 16th century. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Temperance
  1. A female given name from English.
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  2. (tarot) The fourteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. Translations (fourteenth trump or major arcana Tarot card): умереност (umerenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), temperança (Catalan), umění (Czech), umírněnost (Czech), gematigheid (Dutch), kohtuus (Finnish), tempérance (French), Mäßigkeit (German), מתינות (mētìnut) [feminine] (Hebrew), megfontoltság (Hungarian), temperanza (Italian), 節制 (sessei) (alt: せっせい) (Japanese), 절제 (jeolje) (Korean), powściągliwość (Polish), umiarkowanie (Polish), temperança (Portuguese), temperancia (Spanish), templanza (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Temperance-en-name-KrskGSdr Categories (other): Cartomancy Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences, tarot Disambiguation of 'fourteenth trump or major arcana Tarot card': 11 89
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