Prearchival

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before archival. not-comparable

    "As the horizons of the archivist expanded, those with greatest perception saw the need for specialists in prearchival stages of record-keeping..."

Example

More examples

"As the horizons of the archivist expanded, those with greatest perception saw the need for specialists in prearchival stages of record-keeping..."

Etymology

From pre- + archival.

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