hylarchical
English
Etymology
hylo- + -arch + -ical
Adjective
hylarchical (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Presiding over matter.
- Ralph Cudworth
- [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.
- Ralph Cudworth
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hylarchical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)