a. Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Our words . . . . become records in God's court, and are laid up in his archives as witnesses. Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Rarely used in
Some rotten archive, rummaged out of some seldom explored press. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ F. archiviste. ] A keeper of archives or records. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. archivolte, fr. It. archivolto; pref. archi- + volto vault, arch. See Vault. ] (Arch.)