English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Archiannelida
(n. pl.)
A group of Annelida remarkable for having no
external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.
Archiater
(n.)
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.
Archiblastula
(n.)
A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive
form; a c/loblastula.
Archical
(pref.)
Chief; primary; primordial.
Archidiaconal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.
Archiepiscopacy
(n.)
That form of episcopacy in which the chief power
is in the hands of archbishops.
Archiepiscopacy
(n.)
The state or dignity of an archbishop.
Archiepiscopal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury
is an archiepiscopal see.
Archiepiscopality
(n.)
The station or dignity of an archbishop;
archiepiscopacy.
Archiepiscopate
(n.)
The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
Archierey
(n.)
The higher order of clergy in Russia, including
metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
Archil
(n.)
A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen
(Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary
and Cape Verd Islands, etc.
Archil
(n.)
The plant from which the dye is obtained.
Archilochian
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet
Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.
Archilute
(n.)
A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use,
having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings
with a unison.
Archimage
(n.)
Alt. of Archimagus
Archimagus
(n.)
The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of
fire.
Archimagus
(n.)
A great magician, wizard, or enchanter.
Archimandrite
(n.)
A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in
the Roman Catholic church.
Archimandrite
(n.)
A superintendent of several monasteries,
corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman
Catholic church.