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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
DIRECTORY, a. Containing directions; enjoining; instructing.
DIRECTORY, n.
Containing directions; enjoining;
instructing; directorial.
A
collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book
of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory
used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
A book containing the names and residences
of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address
book; as, a business directory.
A body of
directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held
executive power in France under the first republic.
Direction; guide.
[R.]
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