Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pal (&?;), a. [Pref. archi- + episcopal.] Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.
Ar`chi*e*pis`co*pal"i*ty (&?;), n. The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller.
Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pate (&?;), n. [Pref. archi- + episcopate.] The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
||Ar*chi"e*rey (&?;), n. [Russ. archieréi, fr. Gr. &?;; pref. &?; (E. arch-) + priest.] The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops. Pinkerton.
Ar"chil (?; 277), n. [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella, oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. Orchil.] 1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. Tomlinson.