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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mil·i·ta·ry a.
 1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown.
 Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,
 Troop in the throngs of military men.   --Shak.
 2. Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition.
 Military law. See Martial law, under Martial.
 Military order. a A command proceeding from a military superior. (b) An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction.
 Military tenure, tenure of land, on condition of performing military service.