Meanings
adjectiveprearchival (not comparable)
- not comparableBefore archival.
As the horizons of the archivist expanded, those with greatest perception saw the need for specialists in prearchival stages of record-keeping...
1969, Houston Gwynne Jones, The records of a nation: their management, preservation, and use
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prearchival. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prearchival
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“prearchival.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prearchival. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prearchival,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prearchival.
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