mirror

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MIR'ROR, noun [Latin miror, to admire.] 1. A looking glass; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light. In the clear mirror of thy ruling star I saw, alas! some dread event depend. 2. A pattern; an exemplar; that on which men ought to fix their eyes; that which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen. O goddess, heavenly bright, Mirror of grace and majesty divine.
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