Part 613

<hw>Arch`mar"shal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>erzmarschall</ets>. See <er>Arch-</er>, <ets>pref</ets>.]</ety> <def>The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony.</def>

<h1>Archness</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Archon</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"chon</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>archon</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, ruler, chief magistrate, p. pr. of <?/ to be first, to rule.]</ety> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by pre\'89minence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ar*chon"tic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Archonship</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"chon*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of an archon.</def>

<i>Mitford.</i>

<h1>Archontate</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"chon*tate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>archontat</ets>.]</ety> <def>An archon's term of office.</def>

<i>Gibbon.</i>

<h1>Archonts</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Ar"chonts</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <ets>p</ets>. <ets>pr</ets>. See <er>Archon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The group including man alone.</def>

<h1>Archprelate</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch`prel"ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>prelate</ets>.]</ety> <def>An archbishop or other chief prelate.</def>

<h1>Archpresbyter</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch`pres"by*ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Archpriest</er>.</def>

<h1>Archpresbytery</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch`pres"by*ter*y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>presbutery</ets>.]</ety> <def>The absolute dominion of presbytery.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Archpriest</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch`priest"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.</def>

<h1>Archprimate</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch`pri"mate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>arch-</ets> + <ets>primate</ets>.]</ety> <def>The chief primate.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Arch stone</h1> <Xpage=79>

<hw>Arch" stone`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.</def>