arcana
(used with a singular or plural verb) either of the two types of tarot cards in a deck, the minor arcana and the major arcana.
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How to use arcana in a sentence
Kornacki, on the other hand, appears to be far more comfortable with the kind of arcana found in The Almanac of American Politics.
Steve Kornacki, MSNBC’s Brainy Replacement for Chris Hayes, Just Wants to Be Useful | David Freedlander | March 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn his practiced hands, legal arcana become as transparent as glass.
The Real Story of Lawrence v. Texas Revealed in ‘Flagrant Conduct’ | Kirk Davis Swinehart | March 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTQuo artes et astuti Romanensium et arcana imperii papalis non pauca propalantur.
In respect of the Major arcana, they are sure to occasion criticism among students, actual and imputed.
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot | L. W. de LaurenceI have said that these Lesser arcana have not been translated into a language which transcends that of fortune-telling.
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot | L. W. de Laurence
Now, my Lords, was there ever such a discovery made of the arcana of any public theatre?
Travelers could tell tales then that were as secure from detection as the revealed arcana of the Zui have been in our own days.
British Dictionary definitions for arcana
/ (ɑːˈkeɪnə, -ˈkɑː-) /
either of the two divisions (the minor arcana and the major arcana) of a pack of tarot cards
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