anima mundi

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anima mundi - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Archeus \Ar*che"us\, n. [LL. arch[=e]us, Gr. 'archai^os ancient,
     primeval, fr. 'archh` beginning. See Archi-, pref.]
     The vital principle or force which (according to the
     Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of
     living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old
     philosophers. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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