hermetical

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But listing names of alleged abusers from such a closed, hermetical country was a valuable – and difficult – exercise, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2016

He left an extensive library, composed principally of chemical, hermetical, and philosophical works, of which the MSS. catalogue is now in the possession of my friend, the Rev. T. Corser.

From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, fl. 1612-1618

The Neo- Platonism lay at the foundation; the hermetical, the mystical, the cabalistic, also contributed their share; and thus I built for myself a world that looked strange enough.

From Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Oxenford, John

It was the opinion of Plato, and is yet of the hermetical philosophers.

From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir

The heat kills all the bacteria which may chance to be lodged in it, and the hermetical sealing prevents other bacteria from obtaining access.

From The Story of Germ Life by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)