2. Noun. Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arcana
1. arcanum [n] - See also: arcanum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcana
Literary usage of Arcana
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)
"Place this conjunction in a furnace of arcana, and keep it there for forty ...
Let it be suspended over the tripod of arcana, and let the work be urged on ..."
2. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1858)
"The Heavenly arcana contained in the Holt/ Scriptures, or Word of the Lord, unfolded.
By Emanuel Swedenborg. 12 vols. 8vo. London, 1848. ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"arcana of Science, and Annual Register of the Useful Arts; abridged from the
Transactions of Public Societies, and from the Scientific Journals, ..."
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