arcanities

Noun

arcanity (countable and uncountable, plural arcanities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being arcane.
   • Whatever physician has not this element of fire in its arcanity—if I may coin that word—cannot boast that he is a true and tried physician.1894, Arthur Edward Waite, editor, The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus the Great, volume I (Hermetic Chemistry), London...

   Synonyms:

   arcaneness, esotericism

2. (countable) Something that is arcane.
   • On Wednesday evening, February 5, the Epsilon Pi secret society of ’93 had an initiation and spread in south University hall. Two candidates were admitted to the arcanities.1890 February 15, The Brunonian, volume XXIII, number 12, Providence, R.I.: Brown University, page 166

   Synonyms:

   esoterica, esoteric