archical

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/ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪkəl/

adjective

chief; primary; primordial

OriginAncient Greek ἀρχικός →
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Meanings

adjectivearchical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletechief; 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: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀρχικός“able to govern”
  2. Englisharchical

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

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