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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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PRIM'ROSE, n. s as z. [L. primula veris; primus, first, and rose; literally, the first or an early rose in spring.]
A plant of the genus Primula, of several varieties, as the white, the red, the yellow flowered, the cowslip, &c. Shakespeare uses the word for gay or flowery; as the primrose way.
An early
flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris)
closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the
white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also
primerole, primerolles.
Of or pertaining to
the primrose] of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery;
gay.
"The primrose path of dalliance." Shak. | ||||||||