Arcanist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪnɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Arcanist is a noun meaning A person who studies arcana or religious mysteries.
Meaning
A person who studies arcana or religious mysteries.
More Meanings
- (historical) A craftsman who has knowledge of a manufacturing secret (specifically in the area of porcelain manufacturing).
Example Sentences
There were on this Occasion not far from us some of the Clergy, […] and also Arcanists or Dealers in Mysteries;
[…] Nostradamus […] positively delighted in word-games, in arcane references subtle enough to drive even the seasoned arcanist mad.
Ringler has the merit of having raised himself from a common potter to an “Arcanist,” as the Germans term one who is the sole depositor of an important secret;
[…] all the years backed up behind the history of the vase reaching back to the genius of Höroldt, and beyond him to the mastery of the arcanists who had reinvented porcelain.
Word Forms
- arcanists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include artificer, craftsman, craftsperson, craftist, craftworker, craftman.
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