architectural.html - n.
1 a designer who prepares plans for buildings, ships, etc., and supervises their construction.
2 (foll. by of) a person who brings about a specified thing (the architect of his own fortune). [F architecte f. It. architetto, or L architectus f. Gk arkhitekton (as ARCH-, tekton builder)]

architectural.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 of or relating to architecture or architects.
2 of or relating to the systematization of knowledge.

--n.

(in pl.; usu. treated as sing.)
1 the scientific study of architecture.
2 the study of the systematization of knowledge. [L architectonicus f. Gk arkhitektonikos (as ARCHITECT)]

architectural.html - n.
1 the art or science of designing and constructing buildings.
2 the style of a building as regards design and construction.
3 buildings or other structures collectively.

architectural adj. architecturally adv. [F architecture or L architectura f. architectus ARCHITECT)]

architectural.html - n.
1 (in classical architecture) a main beam resting across the tops of columns.
2 the moulded frame around a doorway or window.
3 a moulding round the exterior of an arch. [F f. It. (as ARCH-, trave f. L trabs trabis beam)]

architectural.html - adj.
of or relating to an archdeacon.

archidiaconate n. [med.L archidiaconalis (as ARCH-, DIACONAL)]

architectural.html - adj.
of or relating to an archbishop.

archiepiscopate n. [eccl.L archiepiscopus f. Gk arkhiepiskopos archbishop]