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esotery

esotery noun: mystery; esoterics; knowledge or lore that is esoteric.

Noun

esotery (plural esoteries)

  1. Mystery; esoterics; knowledge or lore that is esoteric.
    • adapt their subjects to their audience , reserving their esoteries for adepts , and dealing out exoteries only to the vulgar1763, Abraham Tucker, Free Will, Foreknowledge, and Fate
    • But a more important division of the musical public, is that of the learned and unlearned, the esoteries and exoteries ; and in no country whatever have I yet heard a perfectly educated musician call Mozart second-rate.1839 September 26, "Vindex," Letter to the editor, The Musical World, Number CLXXXIV [New Series no. XCI], Volume XII [New Series Volume V], May 23—December 26 1839, page 334

Examples of esotery in a sentence

  • Whilst Ram Singh was in quasi-confinemcnt at Bhainee, there was a charm of mystery and esotery about the man, to which our espionage, perhaps, added a spice of fascinating prosecution.1995, Bhai Nahar Singh, Bhai Kirpal Singh, Rebels Against the British Rule, page 99:
  • That was the time when my uncle went to Tibet and I was learning the secrets of esotery from my second teacher Velibor Rabljenovich.2007, Pane Andov, Extraordinary Powers in Humans, page 72:

Antonyms of esotery

Forms of esotery

pluralesoteries

Questions about esotery

What does esotery mean?
Esotery means mystery; esoterics; knowledge or lore that is esoteric.
How do you use esotery in a sentence?
Whilst Ram Singh was in quasi-confinemcnt at Bhainee, there was a charm of mystery and esotery about the man, to which our espionage, perhaps, added a spice of fascinating prosecution.
What part of speech is esotery?
Esotery is a noun.
What is the plural of esotery?
The plural of esotery is esoteries.

Words near esotery in the dictionary

  1. esoterize
  2. esoterized
  3. esoterizes
  4. esoterizing
  5. esoterogeny
  6. esotery
  7. esotrope
  8. esotropes
  9. esotropia
  10. esotropias
  11. esotropic

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