Abstaining vs Nephalism - What's the difference?
abstaining | nephalism |
(obsolete, Temperance movement) The practice of abstaining completely from the drinking of alcohol; teetotalism
*{{quote-book, 1862, James Miller, Nephalism, the true temperance of Scripture, science, and experience, page=109, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=v9cXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA109
, passage=Our Nephalism we seek to honour as a stepping-stone to the gospel
*{{quote-news, 1881, January 26, , Church of England Temperance Society, Sydney Morning Herald
, passage=The medical profession is somewhat divided in its estimate of the comparative value of temperance and of nephalism in promoting the designs which we have in view.}}
*{{quote-book, 1881, Rev. M. de Colleville, The National Temperance League's Annual, chapter=Alcoholic Intemperance in Continental States, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?pg=RA2-PA45&id=bgUFAAAAQAAJ, page=45
, passage=May the Lord have mercy on the drunkards of Continental Europe,
As a verb abstaining
is present participle of abstain.As a noun nephalism is
the practice of abstaining completely from the drinking of alcohol; teetotalism.nephalism
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