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ARCANUM (arcana)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arcanum mean? 

ARCANUM (noun)
  The noun ARCANUM has 1 sense:

1. information known only to a special groupplay

  Familiarity information: ARCANUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARCANUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Information known only to a special group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

arcanum; secret

Context example:

the secret of Cajun cooking

Hypernyms ("arcanum" is a kind of...):

info; information (a message received and understood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arcanum"):

esoterica (secrets known only to an initiated minority)

cabala; cabbala; cabbalah; kabala; kabbala; kabbalah; qabala; qabalah (an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret)

countersign; parole; password; watchword; word (a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group)


 Context examples 


Under the impression, said Mr. Micawber, that your peregrinations in this metropolis have not as yet been extensive, and that you might have some difficulty in penetrating the arcana of the Modern Babylon in the direction of the City Road,—in short, said Mr. Micawber, in another burst of confidence, that you might lose yourself—I shall be happy to call this evening, and install you in the knowledge of the nearest way.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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