Part 606

<hw>Arch`dea"con*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See <er>Benefice</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Every diocese is divided into <b>archdeaconries</b>. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Archdeaconship</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`dea"con*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of an archdeacon.</def>

<h1>Archdiocese</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`di"o*cese</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>diocese</ets>.]</ety> <def>The diocese of an archbishop.</def>

<h1>Archducal</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`du"cal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy.</def>

<h1>Archduchess</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`duch"ess</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>duchess</ets>.]</ety> <def>The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See <er>Archduke</er>.</def>

<h1>Archduchy</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`duch"y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The territory of an archduke or archduchess.</def>

<i>Ash.</i>

<h1>Archduke</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`duke"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>duke</ets>.]</ety> <def>A prince of the imperial family of Austria.</def>

<note>&hand; 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 <i>archduke</i>, and all such female descendants <i>archduchesses</i>.</note>

<h1>Archdukedom</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch`duke"dom</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An archduchy.</def>

<h1>Archebiosis</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`che*bi*o"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arche- <?/ archi-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, life.]</ety> <def>To origination of living matter from non-living. See <er>Abiogenesis</er>.</def>

<i>Bastian.</i>

<h1>Arched</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arched</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; <as>as, an <ex>arched</ex> door</as>.</def>

<h1>Archegonial</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`che*go"ni*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to the archegonium.</def>

<h1>Archegonium</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`che*go"ni*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the first of a race.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants.</def>

<h1>Archegony</h1> <Xpage=78>