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An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.

wer is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few. All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list. Burton.

To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.

To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch. "Brown with o'erarching shades." Pope.

To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching. Baker.

To search all over.

A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.

A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice. [U. S. & Eng.]

Government by a pope; papal rule.

To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn. Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. Lev. xxiii. 14.

The state of being parched.

See Pachisi.

See Pachisi.

Scorching; burning; drying. "Summer's parching heat." Shak. -- Parch"ing*ly, adv.

ep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. But here's a parchment with the seal of Cæsar. Shak.

To convert to a parchmentlike substance, esp. by sulphuric acid.

A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.

Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church.

The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. Jer. Taylor.

The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate. [R.]