archical

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪkəl/

Adjective

archical (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) chief; primary; primordial
   • 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:

     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.

References

“archical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.