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Abstemiousness is also a hallmark of the Shaker religion, a celibate 18th-century offshoot of the Quakers and now nearly extinct.

From New York Times • May 29, 2014

Abstemiousness seems to be the order of the day.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2014

Abstemiousness will rectify this depraved appetite, while over-eating will only re-inflame both the stomach and its diseased hankering: p.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.

Abstemiousness shortens the length of respiration, diminishes the waste of the body, promotes longevity, and engenders purity of heart.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

Abstemiousness, subjective part of temperance, 2465 a; definition, 2466; degrees of abstemiousness, 2467 a; austerity, 2468; excellence of fasting and abstinence, 2469 a; sins opposed to abstemiousness, 2470 a.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome