ˌarchitecˈtonical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. = architectonic 1, 2. ? Obs.
| 1608 Topsell Serpents 643 [Bees] build their combes with such an architectonical prudence. 1611 Coryat Crudities 453 A very faire architectonical Machine made of wainscot. 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 417 The Divine Mind being..Architectonical of the World. |
2. = architectonic 3, 4. Also as n.
| 1595 J. King Serm. Queen's Day Wks. (1864) 327 His art..is architectonical..and commander of all other functions. a 1619 M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. i. §8. 186 Ministeriall Arts..subiected vnto others, as to their Architectonicals. 1640 Bp. Reynolds Passions xxxvi, That supreme and architectonical power in man's little world, his will. 1857 Maurice Mor. & Met. Phil. III. ii. §50. 66 Homage to theology as the primary architectonical science. |