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archontic, a. and n.|ɑːˈkɒntɪk|
[ad. med.L. archonticus, Gr. ἀρχοντικός, f. ἄρχων: see prec.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to an archon.
1865Grote Plato I. ix. 311 The archontic office.
B. n. One of a sect of Gnostic heretics in the 2nd century, who held that the world was created by archontes (ἄρχοντες). See archon 3.
1586T. Rogers 39 Art. (1607) 202 The Symbonia of the Archontics. 1675S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 142 Some [turn] Archontics, some Aetians. 1751Chambers Cycl. |