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Answer for the clue "Piece of esoterica ", 7 letters:
arcanum

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Arcanum may refer to: The Arcanum (novel) , a 2005 novel by Thomas Wheeler Arcanum (album) , a 1996 album by Acoustic Alchemy The Arcanum (album) , a 2000 album by Suidakra Arcanum (role-playing game) Arcanum (comics) , an American comic book published ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
proper singular form of arcana .

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 2076 Housing Units (2000): 891 Land area (2000): 1.159879 sq. miles (3.004072 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.159879 sq. miles (3.004072 sq. km) FIPS code: 02330 Located within: Ohio ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arcanum \Ar*ca"num\, n.; pl. Arcana . [L., fr. arcanus closed, secret, fr. arca chest, box, fr. arcere to inclose. See Ark .] A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural. Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead. --Warburton. (Med.) A secret remedy; ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A mystery or deep secret. 2 An elixir or secret remedy.

Usage examples of arcanum.

Mentior, si non e contrario idolorum solemnia vel arcana de suggestu et apparatu deque sumptu fidem at auctoritatem sibi exstruunt.

The Grand Arcanum makes him master of gold and the light, which are at bottom the same thing, he has solved the problem of the quadrature of the circle, he directs the perpetual movement, and he possesses the philosophical stone.

Blade was also an expert on such arcana as wheel locks, miquelets, the snaphaunce, and right through to such weapons as the M-16.

One of his clubs was the Medieval Club-on fine summer afternoons in Kent they got together and had at each other with broadsword, mace, and lance-and Blade was also an expert on such arcana as wheel locks, miquelets, the snaphaunce, and right through to such weapons as the M 16.

Once removed from the immediate threat of Raptus and his legions, we can begin to plot our return to Arcanum.

I note that you continue to insist that the Union of Arcana must receive title to at least half the portals contained in this cluster.

As I say, the Union of Arcana is unaccustomed to bending to ultimatums.

Accords was the official policy of the Union of Arcana in the present conflict.

It also happened to have been proscribed, along with all other mind-ripping spellware, at the time the Union of Arcana was formally ratified.

The Sharonians, like the Union of Arcana itself, seemed to stick to fairly standardized designs for things like portal forts.

She had to remind herself that Arcana had been expanding into the multiverse for two centuries, almost three times as long as Sharona.

Hilmaran Kingdom in Arcana whose territory includes the equivalent of Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana.

Andaran military accords drafted centuries ago by the Andaran Commander of Armies Housip Kerellia and adopted by the Union of Arcana as the official standard for treatment of POWs and as the code of conduct to be followed by Arcanan personnel who become POWs.

Duke of Garth Showma, planetary governor of New Arcana, father of Sir Jasak Olderhan.

Mehevi sought to enlighten my ignorance, but he failed as signally as when he had endeavoured to initiate me into the perplexing arcana of the taboo.