Con*tig"u*ate (?), a. [LL. contiguatus.] Contiguous; touching. [Obs.] Holland.
Con`ti*gu"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. contiguitÚ, LL. contiguitas.] The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.
The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes.
T. Warton.
Con*tig"u*ous (?), a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles.
Sir I. Newton.
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head.
Goldsmith.
Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle.
Syn. -- Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent.
-- Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.
{ Con"ti*nence (?), Con"ti*nen*cy (?) }, n. [F. continence, L. continentia. See Continent, and cf. Countenance.] 1. Self-restraint; self-command.
He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, -- a continence which is practiced by few writers.
Dryden.
2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.
If they [the unmarried and widows] have not continency, let them marry.
1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ).
Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons.
Jer. Taylor.