archi

‖n. pl. [ NL.; pref. archi- + annelida. ] (Zool.) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archiatrus, Gr. &unr_;; pref. &unr_; + &unr_; physician, &unr_; to heal. ] Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Pref. archi + blastula. ] (Biol.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a cœloblastula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'archiko`s able to govern, fr. 'archh` beginning, government. See Arch-, pref. ] Chief; primary; primordial. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. archidiaconus, Gr. &unr_;, equiv. to E. archdeacon. ] Of or pertaining to an archdeacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopacy. ] 1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or dignity of an archbishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. archi- + episcopal. ] Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see. [ 1913 Webster ]