tar·ot (t r  , t -r)n. 1. a. Any of a set of usually 78 playing cards including 22 cards depicting vices, virtues, and elemental forces, used in fortunetelling. b. Any of these 22 pictoral cards used as trump in tarok. 2. tarots Tarok. [French, from Italian tarocco.] |   selection of tarot cards |
tarot [ˈtærəʊ]
n
1. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) one of a special pack of cards, now used mainly for fortune-telling, consisting of 78 cards (4 suits of 14 cards each (the minor arcana), and 22 other cards (the major arcana))
2. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a card in a tarot pack with distinctive symbolic design, such as the Wheel of Fortune
adj
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) relating to tarot cards
[from French, from Old Italian tarocco, of unknown origin]
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| Noun | 1. |  tarot - any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellerscard - one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys" |
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