arcanist
noun/ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪnɪst/
Etymology
From arcane + -ist; in the sense of a craftsman with secret knowledge about porcelain manufacturing, borrowed from German Arcanist.
- derived from Arcanist
Definitions
A craftsman who has knowledge of a manufacturing secret (specifically in the area of…
A craftsman who has knowledge of a manufacturing secret (specifically in the area of porcelain manufacturing).
- 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.
A person who studies arcana or religious mysteries.
- 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.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA