archical

[Gr. ἀρχικός ( archikos ) = pertaining to rule; ἀρχή ( arc he ) = beginning, rule.] Chief, primary. "When the brutish life leads us astray from the government of reason, and we cast away that principality and archical rule, wherewith God hath invested us, over all our corporeal pa ions and affections. "-Hallywell: Excel. of Mor. Vir., p. 48. arch-i-dap-i-fer, arch-dăp'-i-fër, [Gr. ἀρχός ( archos ) = a chief; Lat. daps , gen it. S. dap is sacrificial or other dignified feast; fero to bear. Chief food-bearer.] In the Old German Empire: An officer whose special function it was, when the emperor was crowned, to carry the first dish of meat to table on horseback. The office belonged to the Elector of Bavaria, though claimed by the Palatine of the Rhine.