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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
UNIFORM'ITY, n.
The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or
difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect,
etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of
design in a poem; the uniformity of nature.
Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity
of a man's opinions.
Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the
uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to consist
in uniformity with variety.
Continued or unvaried sameness or
likeness.
Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance,
consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches
in ceremonies or rites.
Act of Uniformity (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament, passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites of the Established Church of England. Its provisions were modified by the "Act of Uniformity Amendment Act," of 1872. | ||||||||