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Without an anal office.

The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.

A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.

A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.

A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.

The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone.

The office of an archdeacon.

Archers, or bowmen, collectively. Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster (1607).

Of or pertaining to an archdeacon. This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation. Johnson.

The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.

The office of an archon. Mitford.

An archon's term of office. Gibbon.

To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason. I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will. Milton.

t made a badge of wit and an argument of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion South.

A chest, or coffer. [Obs.] Bearing that precious relic in an ark. Spenser.

the arm of the Lord revealed Isa. lii. 1. Arm's end, the end of the arm; a good distance off. Dryden. -- Arm's length, the length of the arm. -- Arm's reach, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach. -- To go (or walk) arm in arm, to go with the arm or hand of one linked in the arm of another. "When arm in…

Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection. "And armed host." Dryden.

Armor: defensive and offensive arms. Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears. Milton.

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. Milton. Three horses and three goodly suits of arms. Tennyson.

one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.