ARCHCOUNT
ARCHCOUNT', noun A chief count; a title formerly given to the earl of Flanders, on account of his great riches and power.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ARCHCRITIC
ARCHCRIT'IC, noun A chief critic.
ARCHDAPIFER
ARCHDAP'IFER, noun [Arch, chief, and Latin dapifer, a food-bearer, from daps, meat or a feast, and fero, to carry.]An officer in the German empire, whose office is, at the coron...
ARCHDEACON
ARCHDE'ACON, noun [See Deacon.]In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, who has jurisdiction either over a part or over the whole diocese. He is usu...
ARCHDEACONRY
ARCHDE'ACONRY, noun The office, jurisdiction or residence of an archdeacon. In England, every diocese is divided into archdeaconries, of which there are sixty, and each archdeac...
ARCHDEACONSHIP
ARCHDE'ACONSHIP, noun The office of an archdeacon.
ARCHDIVINE
ARCHDIVI'NE, noun A principal theologian.
ARCHDRUID
ARCHDRU'ID, noun [See Druid.] A chief druid, or pontiff of the ancient druids.
ARCHDUCAL
ARCHDU'CAL, adjective [See Archduke.] Pertaining to an archduke.
ARCHDUCHESS
ARCHDUCH'ESS, noun [See Duchess.] A title given to the females of the house of Austria.
ARCHDUCHY
ARCHDUCH'Y, noun The territory of an archduke or archduchess.
ARCHDUKE
ARCHDU'KE, [See Duke.] A title given to princes of the House of Austria; all the sons being archdukes, and the daughters archduchesses.
ARCHDUKEDOM
ARCHDU'KEDOM, noun The territory or jurisdiction of an archduke or archduchess.
ARCHED
'ARCHED, participle passive Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch.
ARCHENEMY
ARCHEN'EMY, noun A principal enemy.
ARCHEOLOGICAL
ARCHEOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to a treatise or antiquity, or to the knowledge of ancient things.
ARCHEOLOGY
ARCHEOL'OGY, noun [Gr. ancient, and discourse.]A discourse an antiquity; learning or knowledge which respects ancient times.
ARCHER
'ARCHER, noun [See Arch and Arc.]A bowman; one who uses a bow in battle; one who is skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
ARCHERESS
'ARCHERESS, noun A female archer.
ARCHERY
'ARCHERY, noun The use of the bow and arrow; the practice, art or skill of archers; the act of shooting with a bow and arrow.
ARCHES-COURT
'ARCHES-COURT, in England, so called from the church of St. Mary le bow (de arcubus,) whose top is raised of stone pillars built archwise, where it was anciently held, is a cour...
ARCHETYPAL
'ARCHETYPAL, adjective Original; constituting a model or pattern.
ARCHETYPE
'ARCHETYPE, noun [Gr. beginning, and form.]1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made; as, a tree is the archetype or pattern of our ide...
ARCHEUS
ARCHE'US, noun [Gr. beginning, or a chief.]A term used by the ancient chimists, to denote the interal efficient cause of all things; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old ...
ARCHFELON
ARCHFEL'ON, noun [See Felon.] A chief felon.
ARCHFIEND
ARCHFIE'ND, noun [See Fiend.] A chief fiend or foe.
ARCHFLAMEN
ARCHFLAM'EN, noun A chief flamen or priest.