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martial

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Martial  \Mar"tial\,  a.  [F.,  fr  L.  martialis  of  or  belonging  to 
  Mars,  the  god  of  war.  Cf  {March}  the  month.] 
  1.  Of  pertaining  to  or  suited  for  war;  military;  as 
  martial  music;  a  martial  appearance.  ``Martial  equipage.'' 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Practiced  in  or  inclined  to  war;  warlike;  brave. 
 
  But  peaceful  kings,  o'er  martial  people  set  Each 
  other's  poise  and  counterbalance  are  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  Belonging  to  war,  or  to  an  army  and  navy;  --  opposed  to 
  {civil};  as  martial  law;  a  court-martial. 
 
  4.  Pertaining  to  or  resembling,  the  god,  or  the  planet, 
  Mars.  --Sir  T.  Browne. 
 
  5.  (Old  Chem.  &  Old  Med.)  Pertaining  to  or  containing,  iron; 
  chalybeate;  as  martial  preparations.  [Archaic] 
 
  {Martial  flowers}  (Med.),  a  reddish  crystalline  salt  of  iron; 
  the  ammonio-chloride  of  iron.  [Obs.] 
 
  {Martial  law},  the  law  administered  by  the  military  power  of 
  a  government  when  it  has  superseded  the  civil  authority  in 
  time  of  war,  or  when  the  civil  authorities  are  unable  to 
  enforce  the  laws.  It  is  distinguished  from  military  law, 
  the  latter  being  the  code  of  rules  for  the  regulation  of 
  the  army  and  navy  alone,  either  in  peace  or  in  war. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  martial 
  adj  1:  (of  persons)  befitting  a  warrior;  "a  military  bearing"  [syn: 
  {soldierly},  {soldierlike},  {warriorlike}] 
  2:  suggesting  war  or  military  life  [syn:  {warlike}] 
  3:  or  or  relating  to  the  armed  forces;  "martial  law"  [syn:  {martial(a)}]




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