archprince
nounEtymology From arch- + prince.
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Dated, Historical, Rare A prince of an especially high rank.
- [Y]ea vſed only for a pretence and color to inſinuate into the magnifienge off that magnificall ſeigneorie and Archipiſcopall territorie off Canterburye / and by all means poſsible to vante the preheminenece / and ſupereminence off that princely Archpaſtor and paſtorall Archprince / the firſte father and Peter (as I maye ſaye) off which ſuccceſsion / be maketh that ſuperſtitious monke / and wicked man / Romiſhe Auſten.1574, [John Stubbs?], transl., “To the Christian Reader / Peace in Chrsite / and Warre with Antechriſte”, in The Life off the 70. Archbishopp off Canterbury Presentlye Sittinge […], [Zurich]: [Christoph Froschauer?], →OCLC, signature [C vj], verso:
- O’Laignen, archprince of Uriell; Connor O’Bryan, prince of the Eonnought of Cashell; Donnell mac Tiernan, prince of the Brenie; and Kearnaghan Gott O’Melaughlyn, young prince of Meath, were all killed this year.1849, John O’Donovan, Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland. […], Dublin: [s.n.], →OCLC, footnote q, page 913, columns 1–2:
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- A pistol at his head, then the archprince / Lucifer saw his flight, dilating up / With passion doubly pang’d such flight to see; […]1853, Thomas Hawkins, book III, in The Christiad, London: […] Shaw and Sons, →OCLC, page 102:
- The steward from the folds of his garment produced a metal card and handed it to Park, who read from it the prayer for the archprince and his house.1932, John Gray, Park—a Fantastic Story, Aylesford, Kent: Saint Albert’s Press, published 1966, →OCLC, page 91:
- But while Belgium’s present King Baudouin is shown as descended from Wladyslaw’s grandson, Karol, archprince of Austria, Britain’s monarch is shown as descended from his granddaughter, Archprincess Maria.1973 July 1, Trevor Wood, “Polish King of 13th Century an Ancestor of Elizabeth?”, in The Daily Colonist, home edition, 115th year, number 170, Victoria, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5:
- He was not always Satan and Diabolos, but Lucifer, the “anointed cherub.” There are indications that the global desolation described in Genesis i. 2 was consequent upon the vain infidelity and insurrection of this archprince among the angels.1986 December 26, J[ames] Sidlow Baxter, “The Resurrection”, in Explore the Book: A Survey and Study of Each Book from Genesis to Revelation Complete in One Volume!, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, published 2010, →ISBN: