Bible dictionaries
Moderation
What Bible dictionaries say about “Moderation”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Moderation - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
MODERA'TION, n. [L. moderatio.] The state of being moderate, or of keeping a due mean between extremes or excess of violence. The General's moderation after victory was more honorable than the victory itself.
In moderation placing all my glory,
While tories call me whig, and whigs a tory.
1. Restraint of violent passions or indulgence of appetite. Eat and drink with moderation; indulge with moderation in pleasures and exercise.
2. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear prosperity or adversity with moderation.
3. Frugality in expenses.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915