arcanum

Feb. 25th, 2008 07:20 am
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arcanum (often pl. arcana) - n., a secret, mystery, specialized knowledge only accessible or possessed by the initiate.


Sometimes, specifically, what the alchemists sought. Adjectival form is arcane. From Latin, from arcanus, closed, secret, from arca, chest, box, from arcere, to shut in.

---L.

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