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<hw>Ar"chi*a`ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>archiatrus</ets>, Gr. <?/; pref. <?/ + <?/ physician, <?/ to heal.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<i>P. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Archiblastula</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*blas"tu*la</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>archi + blastula</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c<?/loblastula.</def>

<h1>Archical</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar"chi*cal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ able to govern, fr. <?/ beginning, government. See <er>Arch-</er>, <tt>pref.</tt>]</ety> <def>Chief; primary; primordial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Archidiaconal</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*di*ac"o*nal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>archidiaconus</ets>, Gr. <?/, equiv. to E. <ets>archdeacon</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.</def>

<blockquote>This offense is liable to be censured in an <b>archidiaconal</b> visitation. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Archiepiscopacy</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pa*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>archi-</ets> + <ets>episcopacy</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state or dignity of an archbishop.</def>

<h1>Archiepiscopal</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>archi-</ets> + <ets>episcopal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an archbishop; <as>as, Canterbury is an <ex>archiepiscopal</ex> see</as>.</def>

<h1>Archiepiscopality</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*e*pis`co*pal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Archiepiscopate</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>archi-</ets> + <ets>episcopate</ets>.]</ety> <def>The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.</def>

<h1>Archierey</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar*chi"e*rey</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Russ. <ets>archier\'82i</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; pref. <?/ (E. <ets>arch-</ets>) + \'b5 priest.]</ety> <def>The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.</def>

<i>Pinkerton.</i>

<h1>Archil</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar"chil</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>orchel</ets>, <ets>orcheil</ets>, It. <ets>orcella</ets>, <ets>oricello</ets>, or OSp. <ets>orchillo</ets>. Cf. <er>Orchil</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen <spn>(Roccella tinctoria, etc.)</spn>, which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc.</def>

<i>Tomlinson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The plant from which the dye is obtained.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>orchal</asp> and <asp>orchil</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Archilochian</h1> <Xpage=78>

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