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Prelate :: Prelate (n.) A clergyman of a superior order, as an archbishop or a bishop, having authority over the lower clergy; a dignitary of the church..

Expiscatory :: Expiscatory (a.) Tending to fish out; searching ou.

Neurapophysis :: Neurapophysis (n.) The dorsal process of the neural arch; neural spine; spinous process.

Roughleg :: Roughleg (n.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard..

Dowser :: Dowser (n.) A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod..

Ancient :: Ancient (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.

Virtue :: Virtue (n.) One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.

Craniology :: Craniology (n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls..

Monarchize :: Monarchize (v. t.) To rule; to govern.

Kettledrum :: Kettledrum (n.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it..

Order :: Order (n.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing..

Grand :: Grand (superl.) Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception..

Cope :: Cope (n.) Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door..

Arcade :: Arcade (n.) An arched or covered passageway or avenue.

Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..

Gynarchy :: Gynarchy (n.) Government by a woman.

Antarchist :: Antarchist (n.) One who opposes all government.

Dextrin :: Dextrin (n.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Ery

Palladian :: Palladian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century..

Troop :: Troop (v. i.) To march on; to go forward in haste.

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