Archeus

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:53:06

Ar*che"us (#), n. [LL. archus, Gr. ancient, primeval, fr. beginning. See Archi-, pref.]

The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.

[Obs.]

Johnson.

 

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