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ARCANUM
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Irregular inflected form: arcana
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Information known only to a special group
Example:
the secret of Cajun cooking
Synonyms:
arcanum; secret
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
