Obs. rare. [? ad. med.L. *architemplum, or F. *archi-temple (see ARCHI- and ARCH-). It could hardly be an English compound.] A chief temple.
1297. R. Glouc., 74. And þre architemples … London, and Euerwik, and in Glomorgan on. Ibid. Þe erchbischopricks as þe þre architemples were.
