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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Architectonic  \Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic\,  Architectonical 
  \Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic*al\,  a.  [L.  architectonicus,  Gr  ?.  See 
  {Architect}.] 
  1.  Pertaining  to  a  master  builder,  or  to  architecture; 
  evincing  skill  in  designing  or  construction;  constructive. 
  ``Architectonic  wisdom.''  --Boyle. 
 
  These  architectonic  functions  which  we  had  hitherto 
  thought  belonged.  --J.  C. 
  Shairp 
 
  2.  Relating  to  the  systemizing  of  knowledge. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Architectonic  \Ar`chi*tec*ton"ic\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  architectonique.] 
  1.  The  science  of  architecture. 
 
  2.  The  act  of  arranging  knowledge  into  a  system. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  architectonic 
  adj  :  of  or  pertaining  to  construction  or  architecture  [syn:  {tectonic}] 

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