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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arches \Arch"es\, pl of {Arch}, n. {Court of arches}, or {Arches Court} (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. --Mozley & W.
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