archaist (arkaist)

[As arch a -ism + -ist.] 1. An antiquary; an archæologist. [Rare.] -2. One who makes use of archaisms in art or in literary expre ion. Mrs. Browning. archaistic (är-ka-is'tik), a. [ archaist + -ic.] Imitating that which is archaic; exhibiting the attempt to reproduce the characteristics of the arch a- ic; affecting archaism. Archaistic Bronze Statuette from Verona, arch amœba (är-ka-mē'bä), η. [ άρχι- , first, primitive, + NL. amaba .] A hypothetical primitive sim- ple amœba supposed by Haeckel to have made its appearance in the parliest geologia period, and to have been the higher forms of life. arch amphiaster (är-kam-fi-as'ter), n. [Also arch i amphiaster, ἀρχι- , first, + αμφί , around, + ἀστήρ, star. See amphiaster .] In embryol ., one of the nuclear cleavage figures developed from the germinative vesicle or primordial nu- cleus at the time the polar cells or globules are expelled from an ovum, at or before the begin- ning of development. IMG:content-1073.png:[blocks in formation] apostate .] A chief apostate. arch-apostle (ärch'a-pos'l), n. [ arch- + apos- tle. Cf. ML. arch i apos tolus .] A chief apostle. Arch architect (ärch'är'ki-tekt), n. [ arch- + architect.] The supreme Architect; the Creator. I'll ne'er believe that the Arch architect With all these fires the heavenly arches decked Only for show. arch-band (ärch'band), n. A name given by artisans to that portion of an arch or rib which is seen below the general surface of vaulting. arch-bar (ärch'bär), n. 1. Any metallic bar of arched shape, as the iron bar taking the place of a brick arch over the ash-pit door of some furnaces.-2. The member of a curved tru .-3. A wrought-iron bar extending from the bolster of a car-truck each way to the top of the journal-boxes. It forms the compre ion-member of the tru work which transmits the weight the body of the car from the truck-bolster to the car-axles. IMG:content-1074.png:[graphic] shop, archebiscop , etc., arce- , ærce-, ercebis- cop (also he ah - biscop , lit. high high bishop) = OFries. arcebiskop = D. aartsbi chop =OHG. erzibiscof , G. erzbischof = Icel. erkibiskup = Dan. Sw. erke- biskop = F. archevéque = Sp. arzobispo = Pg. chief, + ἐπίσκοπος , bishop: A title used in the Christian church as early as the fourth century, and regularly given in that and the next four centuries to the bishops of the highest rank, afterward known as patriarchs. It was also occasionally applied in the East to exarchs and metropolitans of sees of exceptional antiquity or dignity, and was sometimes extended in later times to others of the same rank as a special distinction. In the West, from the eighth or ninth century, the title was given to metropolitans of every cla , and this is still the use of the Roman Catholic Church. Archbishops have certain rights of honor and jurisdiction over their suffragan bishops siastical province), such as those of calling and presiding over provincial councils, receiving appeals in certain cases, etc.; but these rights, formerly very considerable, are now comparatively limited. At present the archbishop is not always a metropolitan, since there have long been a few archbishoprics without suffragans, and oftener still the title is purely honorary. See primate . The insignia of an archbishop in the Roman Catholic Church are the woolen pallium, before receiving which from the pope he cannot exercise the functions of his office, and the double cro borne proce ionally before him. In the Anglican Church there are four archbishops, two in the Church of England (those of Canterbury and York, the former of whom is metropolitan of all England), and two in the Church of Ireland (those of Armagh and Dublin, the former of whom is primate). The Church of Sweden has one archbishop, whose see is at Upsala. Abbreviated to abp . arch bishope (ärch'bish.up-es), n. [ arch- bishop + -e .] The wife of an English arch- bishop. Mi Burney. [Rare.] archbishopric (ärch bish'up-rik), n. [ archebischopriche , -ryk , etc., arcebiscoprice , arcebiscop , archbishop, + rice , jurisdiction. Cf. bishopric .] The titular see or diocese of an archbishop; the province over which an archbishop exercises authority. arch-board (ärch'bōrd), n. In ship - building , a plank placed acro a ship's stern, immediately under the knuckles of the stern-timbers. On this board the ship's name is sometimes painted. arch-brick (ärch'brik), n. 1. A wedge-shaped brick used in arched work. See compa - brick . -2. A hard and partly vitrified brick, taken from one of the arches of a brick-kiln in which the fire is made. arch butler (ärch'but'ler), n. [ butler . The G. equiv. is erzschenke , 'arch-skinker.] A chief butler. Formerly it was the title of an official rank in the Roman-German empire, one of the imperial by the King or Elector of Bohemia. court-offices connected with the electoral dignity, and held arch-buttre (ärch but res), n. Same as flying buttre (which see, under buttre ). arch chamberlain (ärch'chăm bér-lān), n . arch-+ chamberlain . Cf. ML. archicamerarius , > G.erzkämmerer , arch-chamberer': see cham- archdiocese (ärch'dī'ō-sēs), n. cese, after ML. archidiœcesis.] cese of an archbishop. archdruid (ärch'drö'id), n. A chief druid. archducal (ärch'dū'kal), a. F. arch i ducal : see ducal .] archduke or an archduchy. + chancellor , after F. arch i chance lier = G. erz- kanzler , ML.arch i can cellar i us , arch chancellor.] A chief chancellor; formerly-(a) The title of an office in the Roman-German empire, held by the electoral archbishop of Mainz, who was actual chancellor of the empire. (b) An hon- orary official rank held by the electoral arch- bishops of Cologne and Treves, the former nominally for Italy and the latter for Burgundy archduche (ärch'duch'es), n. (Gaul and the kingdom of Arles). archduche erzherzogin.] The wife of an archduke; a prince of the reigning family of Austria. archduchy (ärch'duch'i), n.; pl. archduchies (-iz). [Formerly also archdutchy,