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Arch`bish"op (&?;), n. [AS. arcebisceop, arcebiscop, L. archiepiscopus, fr. Gr. '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.

Arch`bish"op*ric (&?;), n. [AS. arcebiscoprce. See -ric.] The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

Arch" brick` (&?;). A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.

Arch`but"ler (&?;), n. [Pref. arch- + butler.] A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.

Arch`cham"ber*lain (&?;), n. [Cf. G. 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.

Arch`chan"cel*lor (&?;), n. [Cf. Ger. erzkanzler. See Arch-, pref.] A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.

Arch`chem"ic (&?;), a. Of supreme chemical powers. [R.] "The archchemic sun." Milton.

Arch`dea"con (&?;), n. [AS. arcediacon, archidiacon, L. archidiaconus, fr. Gr. &?;. 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.

Arch`dea"con*ry, n. The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.

Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.

Arch`dea"con*ship, n. The office of an archdeacon.

Arch`di"o*cese (&?;), n. [Pref. arch- + diocese.] The diocese of an archbishop.

Arch`du"cal (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.

Arch`duch"ess (&?;), n. [Pref. arch- + duchess.] The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.

Arch`duch"y, n. The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash.

Arch`duke" (&?;), n. [Pref. 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.

Arch`duke"dom (&?;), n. An archduchy.

||Ar`che*bi*o"sis (&?;), n. [Pref. arche- = archi- + Gr. bi`wsis, bi`os, life.] The origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis. Bastian.

Arched (&?;), a. Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.

Ar`che*go"ni*al (&?;), a. Relating to the archegonium.

||Ar`che*go"ni*um (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the first of a race.] (Bot.) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.

Ar*cheg"o*ny (&?;), n. [See Archegonium.] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis.

Ar*chel"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; an element or first principle + -logy.] The science of, or a treatise on, first principles. Fleming.

||Ar`chen*ceph"a*la (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. &?; + &?; the brain.] (Zoöl.) The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.

Arch`en"e*my (&?;), n. [Pref. arch- + enemy.] A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton.

Arch`en*ter"ic (&?;), a. (Biol.) Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination.

||Arch`en"ter*on, n. [Pref. arch- + Gr. &?; intestine.] (Biol.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.