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Archon (, a ruler), the title properly of the chief magistrates or rather executive officers of the Athenians during their democracy (see Smith’s Diet. of Class. Ant. s.v.), and applied to various functionaries, (1.) specially to the recognized head of the Syrian Jews during the Roman empire, SEE ALABARCH, and (2.) technically a title in … Continue reading “Archon”

Archivolt (French from Lat. arcus volutus), the under curve or’ surface of an arch, from impost to impost. The archivolt is sometimes quite plain, with square edges, in which case the term sofit is applicable to it. This kind of archivolt is used in the Roman and Romanesque styles, including those buildings in England which … Continue reading “Archivolt”

Archives, Vatican (Vatican Archives) Collections of documents pertaining to the acts of the Holy See; also the place where they are kept. Compiled for administrative purposes, they furnish a mine of information for historians, and are the most important archives in the world. They existed in the earliest days of the Church, but extensive remains … Continue reading “Archives, Vatican”

Archives of the Holy See (Vatican Archives) Collections of documents pertaining to the acts of the Holy See; also the place where they are kept. Compiled for administrative purposes, they furnish a mine of information for historians, and are the most important archives in the world. They existed in the earliest days of the Church, … Continue reading “Archives of the Holy See”

Archives, Ecclesiastical Ecclesiastical archives may be described as a collection of documents, records, muniments, and memorials, pertaining to the origin, foundation, growth, history, rights, privileges, and constitutions of a diocese, parish, monastery, or religious community under the jurisdiction of the Church; the term is also applied to the place or depository where such records and … Continue reading “Archives, Ecclesiastical”

archives, diocesan A compartment established at or in a safe and convenient place, in which all written matter, which pertains to the temporal as. well as the spiritual affairs of the diocese , is deposited and guarded under lock and key. Within these archives there is another called the secret archives, in which the documents … Continue reading “archives, diocesan”

Archives ARCHIVES.The house of the archives (Ezr 6:1 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ; AV [Note: Authorized Version.] rolls) was a part of the treasure house (Ezr 5:17) of the Persian kings at Babylon, in which important State documents were preserved. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Archives arkvs (the more correct the Revised Version (British … Continue reading “Archives”

Archive was the title of a record which was kept in the early African churches, by which bishops might prove the time of their ordination an important consideration, inasmuch as the oldest bishop, by the rules of these churches, was regarded as chief bishop or metropolitan. One record was kept in the primate’s church, and … Continue reading “Archive”

Architriclinus (, master of the triclinium or dinner-bed, SEE ACCUBATION ), rendered in Joh 2:8-9, governor of the feast (q.v.), equivalent to the Roman Magister Convivii. The Greeks also denoted the same social office by the title of Symposiarch (). He was not the giver of the feast, but one of the guests specially chosen … Continue reading “Architriclinus”

architrave In classical architecture the lowest division of an entablature, the epistyle (a stone beam). In the case of a square opening it may be any moulded or similarly ornamented band framing a square window or door, or projecting irom it. A banded architrave is one spaced at intervals by projecting blocks. A jack architrave … Continue reading “Architrave”