|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
arcate: bow-shaped archimandrite: head of a monastery or convent arctoid: bear-like arefy: to dry up; to wither aret: to assign or allot argil: clay used in making pottery argute: shrill; keen; shrewd aristarchy: government by the best armigerous: entitled to bear arms arpent: unit of land area slightly smaller than an acre arrendator: one who rents or farms at a yearly rent arthrology: study of joints
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,296 |
In reply to:
aristarchy: government by the best
Best at what?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
I love me, I am the best. The merry hell with all the rest.If I could clone myself a thousand times, I'd take over this country. That would be aristarchy. Another good reason to ban cloning.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
ArefyOnce had a neighbor who had a dog named Arfey...and she used to sing to him, "What's it all about, Arfey?..."
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,692
Pooh-Bah
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,692 |
archimandrite: head of a monastery or convent
What a wonderful, archaic sounding word. It always conjures up a picture of a figure, dimly seen through mists of incense, imposing, bearded, robed and mitred and carrying a heavy, elaborately decorated, staff. Should be worth a lot of points in a D&D game!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
archimandrite
I have a distant relative who is an Archimandrite of the Greek Catholic Church, (a high bishop akin to the Cardinal of the Roman Catholics). He started out as a priest in a Carpatho-Russian congregation, St. John's in Perth Amboy, NJ. I always loved the sound of that word, archimandrite, and wondered about it's origin. Eastern Rite priests are allowed to marry, BTW.
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,360
Members9,182
|
Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
1 members (wofahulicodoc),
615
guests, and
2
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|