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ARCHIVE (See also:Lat. archivum, a transliteration of Gr. apxeiov, an See also:official See also:building) , a See also:term (generally used in the plural " archives "), properly denoting the building in which are kept the records, charters and other papers belonging to any See also:state, community or See also:family, but now generally applied to the documents themselves (see See also:RECORD).

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