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hermetic
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. completely sealed; completely airtight
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The term " hermetic " may refer to: Hermeticism , a magical and religious movement stemming from the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus Hermeticism (poetry) , a literary movement in poetry started in Italy Hermeticism (history of science) , reconstructing ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context chiefly with capital initial English) Pertaining to (w: Hermes Trismegistus) or the writings attributed to him. 2 Pertaining to alchemy or occult practices; magical, alchemical. 3 hermetically sealed. 4 Isolated, away from outside influence. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600 (implied in hermetically ), "completely sealed," also (1630s) "dealing with occult science or alchemy," from Latin hermeticus , from Greek Hermes , god of science and art, among other things, identified by Neoplatonists, mystics, and alchemists with ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hermetic \Her*met"ic\, Hermetical \Her*met"ic*al\, a. [F. herm['e]tique. See Note under Hermes , ] 1. Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. ``Delusions of the hermetic art.'' ...
Usage examples of hermetic.
This subversion is true not only of Marxist theory explicitly engaged in polemics against literary autonomy, but also of deconstructionist theory, even at its most hermetic and abstract.
The interpretation of the Hermetic fables shows, among every ancient people, in their principal gods, first, 1, the Creating Monad, then 3, then 3 times 3, 3 times 9, and 3 times 27.
Hermetic fables show, in their interpretation, the principal Gods of the ancients, 631-u.
Although the precise details vary, it is the common Gnostic belief that reached as far as the medieval Cathars, and which underlines the hermetic cosmology that is the basis of Western occultism, running through alchemy to the hermeticism of the Renaissance.
Fire of the Hermetics, secret, living, philosophical, spoken of reservedly, 775-u.
Mercury, with the Hermetics, corresponds with the Air and Water, 773-l.
Philosophy of the Hermetics that of the schools of Alexandria and the theories of Pythagoras, 774-l.
Problem of the Hermetics to transmute metals and possess the elixir of life, 772-l.
Reason, Supreme and unalterable, is the Philosophal Stone of the Hermetics, 775-l.
Religion of the Hermetics that of the Magi and ancient Initiates, 774-l.
Salt represented by the Hermetics under the form of a cubical stone, 775-l.
Science of the Hermetics given by Paracelsus, Flamel, Raymond Lulle, 774-l.
Sun and Moon, King and Queen, symbolized by the Hermetics as gold and silver, 774-m.
There were references to Hermetics, and the Canopy, and the Mulch, and sometimes to something called the Game, but none of these terms were elaborated upon.
The palanquins of hermetics glided amongst them: dark, upright boxes like metronomes.