Archangel Arch`an"gel noun [ Latin
archangelus , Greek
'archa`ggelos : confer Old French
archangel , French
archange . See
Arch- , prefix , and
Angel .]
1. A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy. Milton. 2. (Botany) A term applied to several different species of plants ( Angelica archangelica , Lamium album , etc.).
Archangelic Arch`an·gel"ic adjective [ Confer French
archangélique .]
Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. Milton.
Archbishop Arch`bish"op noun [ Anglo-Saxon
arcebisceop ,
arcebiscop , Latin
archiepiscopus , from Greek
'archiepi`skopos . See
Bishop .]
A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.
Archbishopric Arch`bish"op·ric noun [ Anglo-Saxon
arcebiscoprīce . See
-ric .]
The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.
Archbutler Arch`but"ler noun [ Prefix
arch- +
butler .]
A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.
Archchamberlain Arch`cham"ber·lain noun [ Confer German
erzkämmerer . See
Arch- ,
pref .]
A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.
Archchancellor Arch`chan"cel·lor noun [ Confer German
erzkanzler . See
Arch- ,
pref .]
A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.
Archchemic Arch`chem"ic adjective Of supreme chemical powers. [ R.] "The
archchemic sun."
Milton.
Archdeacon Arch`dea"con noun [ Anglo-Saxon
arcediacon ,
archidiacon , Latin
archidiaconus , from Greek .... See
Arch- ,
pref .,
and Deacon .]
In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.
Archdeaconry Arch`dea"con·ry noun The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice . Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries .
Blackstone.
Archdeaconship Arch`dea"con·ship noun The office of an archdeacon.
Archdiocese Arch`di"o·cese noun [ Prefix
arch- +
diocese .]
The diocese of an archbishop.
Archducal Arch`du"cal adjective Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.
Archduchess Arch`duch"ess noun [ Prefix
arch- +
duchess .]
The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke .
Archduchy Arch`duch"y noun The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash.
Archduke Arch`duke" noun [ Prefix
arch- +
duke .]
A prince of the imperial family of Austria. » Formerly this title was assumed by the rulers of Lorraine, Brabant, Austria, etc. It is now appropriated to the descendants of the imperial family of Austria through the make line, all such male descendants being styled
archduke , and all such female descendants
archduchesses .
Archdukedom Arch`duke"dom noun An archduchy.
Archebiosis Ar`che·bi·o"sis noun [ Prefix
arche- =
archi- + Greek
bi`wsis ,
bi`os , life.]
The origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis . Bastian.
Arched Arched adjective Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.
Archegonial Ar`che·go"ni·al adjective Relating to the archegonium.
Archegonium Ar`che·go"ni·um noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... the first of a race.]
(Botany) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
Archegony Ar·cheg"o·ny noun [ See
Archegonium .]
(Biol.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.
Archelogy Ar·chel"o·gy noun [ Greek ... an element or first principle +
-logy .]
The science of, or a treatise on, first principles. Fleming.
Archencephala Ar`chen·ceph"a·la noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek prefix ... + ... the brain.]
(Zoology) The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.
Archenemy Arch`en"e·my noun [ Prefix
arch- +
enemy .]
A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton.
Archenteric Arch`en·ter"ic adjective (Biol.) Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.
Archenteron Arch`en"ter·on noun [ Prefix
arch- + Greek ... intestine.]
(Biol.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination .
Archeology Ar`che·ol"o·gy noun ,
Ar`che*o*log`ic*al adjective Same as Archæology , etc.
Archer Arch"er noun [
archier , French
archer , Late Latin
arcarius , from Latin
arcus bow. See
Arc ,
Arch ,
noun ]
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Archer fish Arch"er fish` (Zoology) A small fish ( Toxotes jaculator ), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus .
Archeress Arch"er·ess noun A female archer. Markham.
Archership Arch"er·ship noun The art or skill of an archer.
Archery Arch"er·y noun [ Middle English
archerie .]
1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows. 2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively. Let all our archery fall off
In wings of shot a-both sides of the van.
Webster (1607).
Arches Arch"es pl. of Arch , noun Court of arches , or
Arches Court (Eng. Law) ,
the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches , because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary- le-Bow (de arcubus) . It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W.
Archetypal Ar"che·ty`pal adjective Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original. "One
archetypal mind."
Gudworth. » Among Platonists, the
archetypal world is the world as it existed as an idea of God before the creation.
Archetypally Ar"che·ty`pal·ly adverb With reference to the archetype; originally. "Parts archetypally distinct." Dana.
Archetype Ar"che·type (är"ke*tīp)
noun [ Latin
archetypum , Greek
'arche`typon , from
'arche`typos stamped first and as model;
'arche =
'archi +
ty`pos stamp, figure, pattern,
ty`ptein to strike: confer French
archétype . See
Arch- ,
pref .]
1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed. The House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet.
Macaulay.
Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world.
South.
2. (Coinage) The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted. 3. (Biol.) The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype .
Archetypical Ar`che·typ"ic·al adjective Relating to an archetype; archetypal.
Archeus Ar·che"us noun [ Late Latin
archēus , Greek
'archai^os ancient, primeval, from
'archh` beginning. See
Archi- ,
pref .]
The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers. [ Obsolete]
Johnson.
Archi- Ar"chi- [ Latin , archi- , Greek 'archi- , a prefix which is from the same root as 'a`rchein to be first, to begin; 'archh the first place, beginning; 'archo`s chief. Confer Anglo-Saxon arce- , erce- , Old High German erzi- , German erz- .] A prefix signifying chief , arch ; as, archi tect, archi episcopal. In Biol . and Anat . it usually means primitive , original , ancestral ; as, archi pterygium, the primitive fin or wing.
Archiannelida Ar`chi·an·nel"i·da noun plural [ New Latin ; prefix
archi- +
annelida .]
(Zoology) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.
Archiater Ar"chi·a`ter noun [ Latin
archiatrus , Greek ...; prefix ... + ... physician, ... to heal.]
Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities. P. Cyc.
Archibald wheel Ar"chi·bald wheel A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.
Archiblastula Ar`chi·blas"tu·la noun [ Prefix
archi +
blastula .]
(Biol.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a cœloblastula.
Archical Ar"chi·cal adjective [ Greek ... able to govern, from ... beginning, government. See
Arch- ,
prefix ]
Chief; primary; primordial. [ Obsolete]
Cudworth.
Archidiaconal Ar`chi·di·ac"o·nal adjective [ Latin
archidiaconus , Greek ..., equiv. to English
archdeacon .]
Of or pertaining to an archdeacon. This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation.
Johnson.
Archiepiscopacy Ar`chi·e·pis"co·pa·cy noun [ Prefix
archi- +
episcopacy .]
1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops. 2. The state or dignity of an archbishop.
Archiepiscopal Ar`chi·e·pis"co·pal adjective [ Prefix
archi- +
episcopal .]
Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.
Archiepiscopality Ar`chi·e·pis`co·pal"i·ty noun The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller.
Archiepiscopate Ar`chi·e·pis"co·pate noun [ Prefix
archi- +
episcopate .]
The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
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