[ahr-kahyv] 
noun, verb, -chived, -chiv⋅ing.| 1. | Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation. |
| 2. | archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept. |
| 3. | any extensive record or collection of data: The encyclopedia is an archive of world history. The experience was sealed in the archive of her memory. |
| 4. | to place or store in an archive: to vote on archiving the city's historic documents. |
) magistracy, office + -eion suffix of place
| ar·chive (är'kīv') n.
[From French archives, from Latin archīva, from Greek arkheia, pl. of arkheion, town hall, from arkhē, government, from arkhein, to rule.] |
