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archical

/ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪkəl/

archical adjective: chief; primary; primordial.

Adjective

archical (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) chief; primary; primordial
    • these three archical hypostases of the Platonic trinity, though looked upon as substances distinct from each other, and subordinate , yet are they frequently taken all together by them for the whole supreme Deity.1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […]...

Origin of archical

From Ancient Greek ἀρχικός (arkhikós, “able to govern”). See arch-.

Questions about archical

What does archical mean?
Archical means chief; primary; primordial.
What part of speech is archical?
Archical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce archical?
Archical is pronounced /ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪkəl/.

Words near archical in the dictionary

  1. Archibeque
  2. Archibeques
  3. archiblastula
  4. archiborborine
  5. archiborborines
  6. archical
  7. archicarp
  8. archicarps
  9. archicembalo
  10. archicembalos
  11. archicerebella

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