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hermetic (iou)



hermetic adjective & noun. M17.
[mod. Latin hermeticus, from (prob. after magnes, magneticus MAGNET) Hermes Trismegistus: see HERMES I.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus or the theosophical etc. writings ascribed to him; esp. of, pertaining to, or concerned with occult science, esp. alchemy. M17.
K. A. Porter A hermetic society, with ritual greetings, secret handgrips..and a jargon.
2. Airtight, hermetically sealed; fig. protected from outside agencies, esoteric, recondite. E18.
hermetic seal an airtight closure of a vessel by fusion, soldering, etc., orig. as used by alchemists.
E. Bowen Her house was hermetic against the storm. C. Thubron The Soviet Union was so vast and hermetic that it comprised all the conceivable world.
3. (Hermetic.) Of or pertaining to the god Hermes. L19.
J. R. Lowell [The Elizabethans] had the Hermetic gift of buckling wings to the feet of their verse.
B. noun.
1. A person skilled in hermetic science. L17.
T. Leary The ancient wisdom of gnostics, hermetics, sufis, Tantric gurus, yogis, occult healers.
2. In pl. Hermetism. rare. M19.
hermetical adjective = HERMETIC adjective 1, 2 E17.
hermetically adverb by means of a hermetic seal; fig. closely, tightly: E17.
hermeticism noun = HERMETISM noun E20.

monotheism (iou)



monotheism noun. M17.
[from Greek MONO- + theos god + -ISM.]
The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.