Arundelian: alternatives and connections

A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.

An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought…

Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.

A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain…

belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "anci…

Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.

One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted…

A boy's game played with large marbles.

A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tra…

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their bes…

A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.

The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in h…

An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.

A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it…

Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience.

A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, i…

Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect.