oriency

English

Etymology

orient +‎ -cy.

Noun

oriency (uncountable)

1. (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?

References

• “oriency”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.