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  • English Word Archangel Definition A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
  • English Word Archangel Definition A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).
  • English Word Archangelic Definition Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel.
  • English Word Archbishop Definition 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.
  • English Word Archbishopric Definition The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.
  • English Word Archbutler Definition A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.
  • English Word Archchamberlain Definition A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.
  • English Word Archchancellor Definition A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.
  • English Word Archchemic Definition Of supreme chemical powers.
  • English Word Archdeacon Definition In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority.
  • English Word Archdeaconry Definition The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.
  • English Word Archdeaconship Definition The office of an archdeacon.
  • English Word Archdiocese Definition The diocese of an archbishop.
  • English Word Archducal Definition Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.
  • English Word Archduchess Definition The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.
  • English Word Archduchy Definition The territory of an archduke or archduchess.
  • English Word Archduke Definition A prince of the imperial family of Austria.
  • English Word Archdukedom Definition An archduchy.
  • English Word Archebiosis Definition The origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis.
  • English Word Arched Definition of Arch
  • English Word Arched Definition Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.
  • English Word Archegonial Definition Relating to the archegonium.
  • English Word Archegonium Definition The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.
  • English Word Archegony Definition Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.
  • English Word Archelogy Definition The science of, or a treatise on, first principles.
  • English Word Archencephala Definition The division that includes man alone.
  • English Word Archenemy Definition A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind.
  • English Word Archenteric Definition Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.
  • English Word Archenteron Definition The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
  • English Word Archeological Definition Same as Archaeology, etc.