Let all our archery fall off
In wings of shot a-both sides of the van.
Webster (1607).
Arch"es (&?;), pl. 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. Mozley & W.
Ar"che*ty`pal (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original. "One archetypal mind." Gudworth.
Among Platonists, the archetypal world is the world as it existed as an idea of God before the creation.
Ar"che*ty`pal*ly, adv. With reference to the archetype; originally. "Parts archetypally distinct." Dana.
Ar"che*type (är"k*tp), n. [L. archetypum, Gr. 'arche`typon, fr. 'arche`typos stamped first and as model; 'arche = 'archi + ty`pos stamp, figure, pattern, ty`ptein to strike: cf. F. archétype. See Arch- , pref.] 1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
The House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet.
Macaulay.
Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world.
South.