arcanum

• The moment now approached when the arcanum was to be developed, and an execution on Mr. Robinson's effects, at the suit of an annuitant, decided the doubts and fears which had long afflicted me. —  Beaux and Belles of England
• "I don't believe it Johnny--the archaeologist and geologist was taller and thinner than it seemed any man could be and have health--also eyed the owl A meandrous arcanum," he remarked Renny blinked. —  109 - The Too-Wise Owl
• Chalk it up to computer arcanum, but someone found a lost disk that works on both C64 and IBM floppy drives using a disk formatted by hand. —  the-inbetween.com
• She went on TV and repeatedly made cogent points, without recourse to much arcanum-not that she can't bring the arcanum-and in a manner that was understandable to casual followers of the case. —  Daily Kos
• It is admitted that he who has discovered the grand arcanum, and has the philosopher's stone in his waistcoat-pocket, is, so to speak, ex officio_, a magician. —  The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851

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