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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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MO'DUS, n. [L.] A compensation for tithes; an equivalent in money or other certain thing, given to a parson or vicar by the owners of land in lieu of tithes. The whole phrase is modus decimandi; but modus alone is commonly used.
The arrangement of, or mode of expressing,
the terms of a contract or conveyance.
A qualification involving the
idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the
way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the
circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement
between parties, and the like.
Bracton. A fixed compensation or
equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in
full by the phrase modus decimandi.
Blackstone.
They, from time immemorial, had paid a modus, or composition. Landor. ||Modus operandi ((?)) [L.], manner of operating. | ||||||||