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Definition of: archives
(är′kīvz) noun plural
1. A place where public records and historical documents are kept.
2. Public records, documents, etc., as kept in such a depository. See synonyms under HISTORY. [<F archives, plural of archif <L archivum <Gk. archeion a public office <archē government]
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