1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARCHIVE (Lat. archivum, a transliteration of Gr. frpxtlov, an official building), a term (generally used in the plural " archives "), properly denoting the building in which are kept the records, charters and other papers belonging to any state, community or family, but now generally applied to the documents themselves (see RECORD).
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