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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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PEC'TORAL, a. [L. pectoralis, from pectus, breast.]
Pertaining to the breast; as the pectoral muscles; pectoral medicines.
PEC'TORAL, n. A breastplate.
Of or pertaining to the
breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
Relating to, or good for, diseases of the
chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
Having the breast
conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.
Pectoral arch, or Pectoral
girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or
cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the fore
limbs are articulated; the shoulder girdle. In man it consists of two
bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. --
Pectorial cross (Eccl.), a cross worn on
the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. -
- Pectorial fins, or Pectorials
(Zoöl.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills.
See Illust. under Fin. -- Pectorial
rail. (Zoöl.) See Land rail
A
covering or protecting for the breast.
A
breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person.
A medicine for diseases of the chest
organs, especially the lungs.
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