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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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TER'RACE, n. [L. terra, the earth.]
TER'RACE, v.t. To form in to a terrace.
A raised level space, shelf, or
platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of
tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
A balcony, especially a large and uncovered
one.
A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the
Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the
side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
A level plain, usually with a
steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
* Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at different levels, indicating the flood plains at successive periods in their history. Terrace epoch. (Geol.) See Drift
epoch, under Drift, To form into a terrace or terraces] to furnish
with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a
building.
Sir H. Wotton.
Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves. Thomson. | ||||||||