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hylarchical

hylarchical adjective: presiding over matter.

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: […]...

Origin of hylarchical

From hylo- + -arch + -ical.

Questions about hylarchical

What does hylarchical mean?
Hylarchical means presiding over matter.
What part of speech is hylarchical?
Hylarchical is an adjective.

Words near hylarchical in the dictionary

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

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