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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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CORONA, n. [L., A crown.]
A crown or garland
bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished
services.
The projecting part of
a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess
or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of
Column.
The upper surface of
some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.
The shelly
skeleton of a sea urchin.
A peculiar luminous
appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is
seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
An
inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special
cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.
A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the
atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or
moon.
A crown or circlet suspended from the
roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn
occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets,
arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis.
Fairholt. A character [***pause]]
called the pause or hold.
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