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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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A'REA, n. [L. I suspect this to be contracted from Heb. from a root which signifies to reach, stretch, lay or spread.]
Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or
church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a
building.
The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast
amphitheater. The inclosed space on which a building
stands.
The sunken space or court, giving ingress and
affording light to the basement of a building.
An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's
surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
The superficial contents of any
figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent;
as, the area of a square or a triangle.
A spot or small marked space; as,
the germinative area.
Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of
thought.
The largest area of human history and man's common
nature. Dry area. See under Dry. | ||||||||