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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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LIN'EAL, a. [L. linealis, from linea, line.]
Descending in a direct line from an ancestor;
hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral;
as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. Locke. Inheriting by direct descent; having the
right by direct descent to succeed (to).
For only you are lineal to the throne. Dryden. Composed of lines; delineated; as,
lineal designs.
In the direction of a line; of or
pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear;
as, lineal magnitude.
Lineal measure, the measure of length; -- usually written linear measure. | ||||||||