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Definition of Arcanum
1. Noun. Information known only to a special group. "The secret of Cajun cooking"
Generic synonyms: Info, Information
Specialized synonyms: Esoterica, Cabala, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabala, Qabalah, Countersign, Parole, Password, Watchword, Word
Definition of Arcanum
1. n. A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.
Definition of Arcanum
1. Noun. A mystery or deep secret. ¹
2. Noun. An elixir or secret remedy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arcanum
1. a mystery [n -NA or -NUMS] - See also: mystery
Medical Definition of Arcanum
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Origin: L, fr. Arcanus closed, secret, fr. Arca chest, box, fr. Arcere to inclose. See Ark.
1. A secret; a mystery; generally used in the plural. "Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead." (Warburton)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcanum
Literary usage of Arcanum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus by Paracelsus (1894)
"All philosophers have hidden this arcanum as a most excellent mystery. This tingeing
spirit, separated from the other two as above, you must join to the ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"... is professionally interested in the nature and treatment of consumption.
discoveries ; and that it admite of DO alkahest, no nostrum, no grand arcanum. ..."
3. History of Kent County, Michigan: Together with Sketches of Its Cities by Chas. C. Chapman & Co, Michael A. Leeson, Edith Lamsen (1881)
"ROYAL arcanum. Bryant Council, No. 182, was organized Oct. 18, 1878, by DG Regent,
RA McCarty, with 17 members. The officers elected were : Regent, ..."
4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"... where being to represent the atheistic hypothesis of the system of the universe,
he discovereth their grand arcanum, and that, which they accounted, ..."
5. The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury by Edward Herbert Herbert of Cherbury (1792)
"being a greater arcanum Imperil for governing the World than all the Arts invented by
... arcanum ..."
6. History of Colorado by Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)
"The parents are members of the First Christian church and Mr. Ford belongs to
the Royal arcanum and to the Junior Order of American Mechanics. ..."
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