architectonicaladj.
1. = architectonic adj. 1, 2. ? Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adjective]
architectonical1608
architective1611
tectonic1656
architectonic1678
edificial1794
structural1801
constructive1817
constructional1870
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > [adjective]
architectonical1608
architective1611
architectonic1645
oecodomical1678
architectural1762
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 72 [Bees] build their Combes, with such an Architectonicall prudence.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Ll7 A very faire architectonical Machine made of wainscot.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 417 The Divine Mind being..Architectonical of the World.
2. = architectonic adj. 3, 4. Also as n.
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society > authority > control > [adjective] > superintending
superintendent1566
supervising1594
architectonical1595
supervisiting1615
superintending1625
architectonic1678
supervisory1815
superintendential1838
supervisal1838
visitatorial1880
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [adjective] > of or relating to architectonics
architectonic1801
architectonical1857
1595 Bp. J. King Serm. Queen's Day in Wks. (1864) 327 His art..is architectonical..and commander of all other functions.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §8. 186 Ministeriall Arts..subiected vnto others, as to their Architectonicals.
1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxxvi That supreme and architectonical power in man's little world, his will.
1857 F. D. Maurice Mediæval Philos. ii. §50. 66 Homage to theology as the primary architechtonical science.
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