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hermetic

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her·met·ic  (hr-mtk) also her·met·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1. Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air.
2. Impervious to outside interference or influence: the hermetic confines of an isolated life.
3. often Hermetic
a. Mythology Of or relating to Hermes Trismegistus or the works ascribed to him.
b. Having to do with the occult sciences, especially alchemy; magical.
[New Latin hermticus, alchemical, from Medieval Latin Herms (Trismegistus); see Hermes Trismegistus.]
her·meti·cal·ly adv.
hermetic
Adjective
sealed so as to be airtight [after the Greek god Hermes, traditionally the inventor of a magic seal]
hermetically adv
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Adj.1.hermetic - completely sealed; completely airtight
tight - of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"


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, the hermetic symbolism, with which Nicolas Flamel played the prelude to Luther, papal unity, schism, Saint-Germain des Prés, Saint-Jacques de la Boucherie,--all are mingled, combined, amalgamated in Notre-Dame.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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