arcanum

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Freemasonry were off-shoots of the original Cabala, and that during the past 150 years new associations had been formed, and the parties who had introduced me into their arcanum were a society in affiliation with many others then in existence in different countries.

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  1. noun A deep secret; a mystery.
  2. noun Specialized knowledge or detail that is mysterious to the average person: "knows the arcana of police procedure and the intricacies of litigation” (George F. Will).
  3. noun A secret essence or remedy; an elixir.

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  • Medicines did not avail, and I had not yet found the arcanum which afterwards so greatly benefitted my suffering soul. —  The Story of My Life
  • This is an arcanum which is brought within the range of the understanding by the doctrine of degrees. —  Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom
  • "And now, I wonder what that daughter of mine is doing? —  First Lensman
  • Freemasonry were off-shoots of the original Cabala, and that during the past 150 years new associations had been formed, and the parties who had introduced me into their arcanum were a society in affiliation with many others then in existence in different countries. —  Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12
  • They went off to her arcanum. —  Operation Luna
 

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  1. Latin arcānum, from neuter of arcānus, secret; see arcane.

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  1. Latin, neuter of arcanus, hidden, closed, secret: see arcane.
 

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