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archontic

archontic adjective: of or relating to an archon.

Adjective (1)

archontic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to an archon.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Archontic

Archontic (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Pertaining to a Gnostic group or sect prominent in late antique Egypt.

Noun capitalized: Archontic

Archontic (plural Archontics)

  1. (historical) A member of this group.

archontic meaning in Tamil

archontic in Tamil

ஆட்சியாளருக்குரிய

Forms of archontic

Adjective
alternative formarchonic
alternative formArchonic
Noun
pluralArchontics

Origin of archontic

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἀρχοντικοί (Arkhontikoí), from ἄρχων (árkhōn, “archon”).

Questions about archontic

What does archontic mean?
Archontic means of or relating to an archon.
What is archontic in Tamil?
Archontic in Tamil is ஆட்சியாளருக்குரிய. See Archontic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is archontic?
Archontic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near archontic in the dictionary

  1. archonships
  2. archontate
  3. archontates
  4. archontes
  5. archontia
  6. archontic
  7. Archontics
  8. archonties
  9. archontological
  10. archontologist
  11. archontologists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archontic (page history and authors); Archontic (page history and authors); archontic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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