Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: ARCH'LIKE – ARCH'-STONE
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ARCH'LIKE, a.
Built like an arch. – Young.
ARCH'LUTE, or ARCH'I-LUTE, n. [It. arcileuto.]
A large lute, a theorbo, the base-strings of which are doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison. – Busby.
ARCH'LY, adv.
Shrewdly; wittily; jestingly.
ARCH-MA-GIC'IAN, n.
The chief magician. – Spenser.
ARCH-MAR'SHAL, n.
The grand marshal of the German empire; a dignity belonging to the elector of Saxony.
ARCH'NESS, n.
Cunning; shrewdness; waggishness.
ARCH'ON, n. [Gr. αρχων, a prince.]
The archons in Greece were chief magistrates chosen, after the death of Codrus, from the most illustrious families, to superintend civil and religious concerns. They were nine in number; the first was properly the archon; the second was called king; the third, polemarch, or general of the forces. The other six were called thesmothetæ, or legislators. – Encyc.
ARCH'ON-SHIP, n.
The office of an archon; or the term of his office. Mitford.
ARCH-ON'TICS, n.
In Church history, a branch of the Valentinians, who held that the world was not created by God, but by angels, archontes.
ARCH-PAST'OR, n.
Chief pastor, the shepherd and bishop of our souls. – Barrow.
A chief philosopher. – Hooker.
ARCH-PIL'LAR, n.
The main pillar. – Harmar.
ARCH-PO'ET, n.
The principal poet.
ARCH-POL-I-TI'CIAN, n. [See Policy.]
An eminent or distinguished politician. – Bacon.
ARCH-PON'TIF, n. [See Pontif.]
A supreme pontif or priest. – Burke.
ARCH-PRE'LATE, n. [See Prelate.]
The chief prelate.
ARCH-PRES'BY-TER, n. [See Presbyter.]
A chief presbyter or priest. – Encyc.
The absolute dominion of presbytery, or the chief presbytery. – Milton.
ARCH-PRIEST', n. [See Priest.]
A chief priest. – Encyc.
ARCH-PRI'MATE, n.
The chief primate; an archbishop. – Milton.
ARCH-PROPH'ET, n.
Chief prophet. – Warton.
A principal or distinguished protestant.
ARCH-PUB'LIC-AN, n.
The distinguished publican. – Hall.
ARCH-REB'EL, n.
The chief rebel. – Milton.
ARCH'-STONE, n.
The stone that binds an arch.