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A grayish green antiseptic powder, consisting of a basic iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform. [A Trademark]

A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating.

the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.

An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.

An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.

A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; --called also brown Indian hemp.

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers.

In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3½, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.

A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.

n, the regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period. Hook.

cting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy. Hence:

In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.

The diocese of an archbishop.

. of Arch, n. Court of arches, or Arches Court (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Moz…

That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.

Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.

The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller.

The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.

The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops. Pinkerton.