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temperance advocate

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meanings of temperanceand advocate


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temperance
noun[U]
uk /ˈtem.pər.əns/ us /ˈtem.pɚ.əns/
control of your own behaviour, such as not drinking or eating ...
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advocate
noun[C]
uk /ˈæd.və.kət/ us /ˈæd.və.kət/
a lawyer who speaks for or defends someone in a court ...
See more at advocate


Examples of temperance advocate


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It is curious that there is not a single temperanceadvocate who has spoken in favour of it except the promoter.
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The most rabid temperanceadvocate would agree that it is desirable, as far as possible, to encourage people to take food as well as drink.
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Longley was first elected to the assembly in 1859 as a temperanceadvocate.
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Anthony's father was an abolitionist and a temperanceadvocate.
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Why should the urban masses work hard and get ahead, thundered temperance advocates, when they could help themselves to free lunch, a warm stove, and a roaring drunk?
You have temperance advocates, and the strictest devotees of the liquor trade.
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I would also point out that the village inn is not that scene of brawling drunkenness which some temperance advocates be- lieve it to be.
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I am almost persuaded that the real temperance advocates and protagonists in this country today must be the brewers.
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It is a curious thing that temperance advocates are always intemperate in their language.
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I would not be afraid to say that on any platform, anywhere, except before some highly selected body of extreme temperance advocates.
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That reduction of hours is warmly commended by temperance advocates on the ground that it reduces the consumption of intoxicating liquor.
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A purchase option was taken on the land, which had the benefit of having earlier been partially developed by a colony of temperance advocates.
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Within these divides of conscience of faith was a wide political spectrum: conservative to liberal adherents, resolute temperance advocates and active radical socialists.
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Although prohibition had proven to be unsuccessful, the provincial government still needed to placate angry temperance advocates and agreed that beer would be sold through a single network of stores.
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