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# archives

noun (archives, plural only)

«archives» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The archives are the old records and papers of a town, a country or a family, kept together in one place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archives/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories the old records of a kingdom, which kings order to be checked or copied; in the lessons the old files of a place

### Examples

- The king's laws are kept in the royal archives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archives/#x1)
- The old papers were found in the archives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archives/#x2)
- The archives tell us about the old kings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archives/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in stories the old records of a kingdom, which kings order to be checked or copied; in the lessons the old files of a place

### Examples

- Interested readers can check the 1562 Mantua edition for themselves through the digital archives of the National Library of Israel: nli.org.il/he/books/NNLALEPH990012793690205171/NLI. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/archives/#x1)
- Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon. (Writings EZR.6.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/archives/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «archives» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archives/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«archives» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/archives.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «archives» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/archives/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«archives» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/archives.html) on Mova free.