ARTIFICER

(Lat.ars, wr^^nd isicxo,! make.) Lit. one who makes according to art. Among the Romans, artificers had peculiar privileges. They po e ed their own temples, and enjoyed an exemption from personal service. An artificer is one who requires intellectual refinement in the exercise of his profe ion, in contradistinction to artisan, who may practise either the fine or useful arts, but whose knowledge is limited to the general rules of his trade. [s. 105]