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2,084 words match “ARCH”

CORNSTARCH n.
Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
COUNTERMARCH v. 4 definitions
To march back, or to march in reversed order. The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. Macaulay.
DEMARCH n. 2 definitions
March; walk; gait. [Obs.]
DIARCHY n.
A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.
DINARCHY n.
See Diarchy.
DISMARCH v.
To march away. [Obs.]
DUARCHY n.
Government by two persons.
ECCLESIARCH n.
An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.
EIRENARCH n.
A justice of the peace; irenarch.
ENARCH v.
To arch. [Obs.] Lydgate.
ENARCHED a.
Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary.
ENOMOTARCH n.
The commander of an enomoty. Mitford.
ENSEARCH v. 2 definitions
To make search; to try to find something. [Obs.] -- v. t.
EPARCH n.
ncient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
EPARCHY n.
A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
ETHNARCH n.
The governor of a province or people. Lew Wallace.
ETHNARCHY n.
The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule. Wright.
EXARCH n.
, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.
EXARCHATE n.
The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor.
GENEARCH n.
The chief of a family or tribe.
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