Definition of archi-

perfunctory Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical. Petersons.com

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archidiaconal >

archi- or arch-

pref.

1. Chief; highest; most important: archiepiscopal.
2. Earlier; primitive: archenteron.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French archi-, and Italian arci- both from Latin archi-, from Greek arkhi-, arkh-, from arkhein, to begin, rule

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