Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN'ARCH-Y
AN'ARCH-Y, n. [Gr. αναρχια, of α privative and αρχη, rule.]
Want of government; a state society, when there is no law or supreme power, or when the laws are not efficient, and individuals do what they please with impunity; political confusion.
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