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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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1828 Definition
CONTINENTAL, a. Pertaining or relating to a continent; as the continental powers of Europe. In America, pertaining to the United States, as continental money, in distinction from what pertains to the separate states; a word much used during the revolution.
1913 Definition
Of or pertaining to a
continent.
Of or pertaining to the main land of
Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially
England; as, a continental tour; a continental
coalition.
Macaulay.
No former king had involved himself so frequently
in the labyrinth of continental alliances. Of or pertaining
to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the
Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
The army before Boston was designated as the
Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial army." Continental Congress. See under Congress. -- Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe. A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of
the Continental currency. See Continental,
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When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule in the fear of God. The preservation of a republican government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty.
History of the United States :: 1832
