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arcane

/ɑɹˈkeɪn/

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What does arcane mean?

adjective

  1. Understood by only a few.
  2. Obscure, mysterious.
  3. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.
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IPA pronunciation

/ɑɹˈkeɪn/

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The Tablets themselves constitute a grand arcane Tarot of man, God and the universe, and of all the powers that dwell therein.
Thomas H. Burgoyne; Belle M. WagnerThe Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #1650