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Esoteric

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.

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Abstruse 84% connected

Concealed or hidden out of the way.

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Abstruse 84% connected

Concealed or hidden out of the way.

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Arcane 84% connected

Hidden; secret.

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Arcane 84% connected

Hidden; secret.

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Cabalistic 84% connected

Alt. of Cabalistical

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Cabalistic 84% connected

Alt. of Cabalistical

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Cryptic 84% connected

Alt. of Cryptical

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Cryptic 84% connected

Alt. of Cryptical

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Cryptical 84% connected

Hidden; secret; occult.

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Cryptical 84% connected

Hidden; secret; occult.

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Deep 84% connected

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured…

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Deep 84% connected

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured…

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Mysterious 84% connected

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehen…

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Mysterious 84% connected

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehen…

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Mystic 84% connected

Alt. of Mystical

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Mystic 84% connected

Alt. of Mystical

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Mystical 84% connected

Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

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Mystical 84% connected

Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.

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Occult 84% connected

Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

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Occult 84% connected

Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

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Orphic 84% connected

Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

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Orphic 84% connected

Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

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Recondite 84% connected

Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.

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Recondite 84% connected

Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.

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Secret 84% connected

Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

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Secret 84% connected

Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

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Sibylline 84% connected

Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.

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Sibylline 84% connected

Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.

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Private 66% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

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Private 66% connected

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not pu…

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