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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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M`ARTIAL, a. [L. martialis; Mars, the god of war.]
Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war;
military; as, martial music; a martial
appearance.
"Martial equipage." Milton. Practiced in, or inclined to, war;
warlike; brave.
But peaceful kings, o'er martial people
set, Belonging to war, or to an army and navy;
-- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-
martial.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or
the planet, Mars.
Sir T. Browne. Pertaining
to, or containing, iron] chalybeate; as, martial
preparations.
[Archaic]
Martial flowers (Med.), a reddish crystalline salt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. [Obs.] - - Martial law, the law administered by the military power of a government when it has superseded the civil authority in time of war, or when the civil authorities are unable to enforce the laws. It is distinguished from military law, the latter being the code of rules for the regulation of the army and navy alone, either in peace or in war. Syn. -- Martial, Warlike. Martial refers more to war in action, its array, its attendants, etc.; as, martial music, a martial appearance, a martial array, courts-martial, etc. Warlike describes the feeling or temper which leads to war, and the adjuncts of war; as, a warlike nation, warlike indication, etc. The two words are often used without discrimination. | ||||||||