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A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural. Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead. Warburton.

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

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

The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.

A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.

Same as Archpriest.

A widely used system of electric night signals in which a series of double electric lamps (white and red) is arranged vertically on a mast, and operated from a keyboard below.

A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

end in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.

A species of shell (Cypræa argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.

A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54.

A variety of twilled fabric ribbed on the surface.

inarily constituting the first line of defense), territorial forces, or the like. In countries where conscription prevails a soldier is supposed to serve a given number of years. He is usually enrolled first in the regular army, then passes to its reserve, then into the home reserves, to serve until he reaches the age…

Stand off, or begone. [Obs.] Aroint thee, witch, the rump-fed ronyon cries. Shak.

A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. Parr.

To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

An imposing series of things. Their long array of sapphire and of gold. Byron.

der arrest. Macaulay. [Our brother Norway] sends out arrests On Fortinbras; which he, in brief, obeys. Shak.