[ad. mod.L. archelogia, f. Gr. ἀρχή beginning: see -LOGY.] The scientific study of principles.

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[1663.  G. Harvey (title), Archelogia Philosophica Nova.]

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1856.  Fleming, Vocab. Philos. (1858), 44. Archelogy … treats of principles, and should not be confounded with Archæology.

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