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hylarchic

hylarchic is the alternative form of hylarchical.

Meaning of hylarchical

Adjective

hylarchical (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Presiding over matter.
    • [E]ither the Motion of all Bodies, must have no manner of Cause, or else must there of necesity^([sic]) be some other Substance besides Body, such as is Self-active and Hylarchical, or hath a Natural Power, of Ruling over Matter.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: […]...

Questions about hylarchic

What is hylarchic the alternative form of?
Hylarchic is the alternative form of hylarchical.

Words near hylarchic in the dictionary

  1. hylaeosaurus
  2. Hylam
  3. Hylan
  4. Hyland
  5. Hylands
  6. hylarchic
  7. hylarchical
  8. hylas
  9. hyle
  10. hylea
  11. hyleg

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