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

Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.

A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.

See Astrakhan.

Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. -- n.

See Yataghan.

The quality of being deathless; immortality.

Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century. Athanasian creed, a formulary, confession, or exposition of faith, formerly supposed to have been drawn up by Athanasius; but this opinion is now rejected, and the composition is ascribed by some to Hilary, bishop of Arles (5th century). It is a s…

A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. Chambers.

See Yataghan.

in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. "Tipsy bacchanals." Shak.

A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

ng to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper.

The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly.

A female bacchanal.

Bacchanalian.

A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.

State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.