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Synonyms for hermetic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : hur-met-ik
Phonetic Transcription : hɜrˈmɛt ɪk

Définition of hermetic

Origin :
  • 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 Egyptian god Thoth as Hermes Trismegistos "Thrice-Great Hermes," who supposedly invented the process of making a glass tube airtight (a process in alchemy) using a secret seal.
  • adj airtight
Example sentences :
  • It amounted to a surgical replacement of one hermetic elite by another.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • Detailed exposition of the Hermetic writings will here be impossible.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Paul's Religion » by J. Gresham Machen
  • Certainly it is not so used ordinarily in the Hermetic writings.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Paul's Religion » by J. Gresham Machen
  • “The priests must be hiding the Hermetic wisdom on purpose,” said Lucius.
  • Extract from : « The Tour » by Louis Couperus
  • At that time Paris was the centre of the hermetic science in France.
  • Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans
  • From his early youth, he delighted in the visions of the hermetic science.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions » by Charles Mackay
  • Behind them, the huge inverted bowl of the city glowed in hermetic splendor.
  • Extract from : « Rich Living » by Michael Cathal
  • A Roman rabbi, named Ben Lucca, skilled in hermetic science, came to this city.
  • Extract from : « Auriol » by W. Harrison Ainsworth
  • The hermetic philosopher required only the materials, and time, to perform his golden operations.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Isaac D'Israeli
  • The writing on these was in the old Hermetic character; of the rest some were in cursive Greek and some in Coptic.
  • Extract from : « The Mummy and Miss Nitocris » by George Griffith

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