Found 2 items, similar to arcana.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: arcana
arcana
See
arcanum
arcanum
n : information known only to a special group;
“the secret of
Cajun cooking” [syn:
secret]
[also:
arcana (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Arcana
Arcanum
\Ar*ca"num\, n.; pl.
Arcana. [L., fr. arcanus closed,
secret, fr. arca chest, box, fr. arcere to inclose. See
Ark.]
1. A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.
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Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead.
--Warburton.
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2. (Med.) A secret remedy; an elixir. --Dunglison.
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