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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

Tell us if it is of an historical, political, hermetical, or scientific nature?...

From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Webster, Nesta H.

In a seclusion almost hermetical they knew that a war existed between their country and the United States; but that was far away upon the Rio Grande.

From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne

He collects curiosities from all parts of the world; studies occult and natural sciences; and is at last beatified by electrical glories at a meeting of hermetical philosophers.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

And in the midst of all these tortures he studied and practised the occult arts: magic, astrology, necromancy, alchemy; he concocted gold by hermetical science!

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto