hylarchical

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adjective

Presiding over matter.

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Meanings

adjectivehylarchical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleterarehuman sciencesPresiding 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: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC

Origin

From hylo- + -arch + -ical.

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hylarchical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hylarchical

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“hylarchical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hylarchical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hylarchical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hylarchical.

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