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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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MOURNING, ppr. Grieving; lamenting; sorrowing; wearing the appearance of sorrow.
MOURNING, n. The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.
The act of sorrowing or expressing grief;
lamentation; sorrow.
Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of
grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black.
The houses to their tops with black were spread, Deep mourning. See under Deep. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn
or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a
mourning pin, and the like.
Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. -- Mourning dove (Zoöl.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove. -- Mourning warbler (Zoöl.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash- gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow. | ||||||||