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Theban alphabet

Theban alphabet proper noun: a substitution cipher of the Latin alphabet, used by early modern occultists.

Proper noun

the Theban alphabet

  1. A substitution cipher of the Latin alphabet, used by early modern occultists.

Theban alphabet meaning in Bengali

Theban alphabet in Bengali

থেবান বর্ণমালা

Origin of Theban alphabet

It was first published in Johannes Trithemius's Polygraphia (1518), in which it was attributed to Honorius of Thebes.

Questions about Theban alphabet

What does Theban alphabet mean?
Theban alphabet means a substitution cipher of the Latin alphabet, used by early modern occultists.
What is Theban alphabet in Bengali?
Theban alphabet in Bengali is থেবান বর্ণমালা. See Theban alphabet meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Theban alphabet?
Theban alphabet is a proper noun.

Words near Theban alphabet in the dictionary

  1. thebain
  2. thebaine
  3. Thebais
  4. thebaism
  5. Theban
  6. Theban alphabet
  7. Theban year
  8. Theban years
  9. Thebanness
  10. Thebans
  11. thebe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Theban alphabet (page history and authors); Theban alphabet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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