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acroamatic, a. and n.|ˌækrəʊəˈmætɪk|
[ad. Gr. ἀκροαµατικός adj., f. ἀκρόᾱµα. See acroama.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret.
1632T. Randolph Jealous Lovers iv. (1652) 64 Noyse That with obstreperous cadence cracks the organs Acromatick. a1656J. Hales Gold. Rem. John xviii. 36, 148 Beloved, we read no Acroamatick lectures; the secrets of the Court of Heaven..lie open alike to all. 1656Blount Glossogr., Acromatick, that hearkens or gives ear to anything, that requires much study and search; also musical, harmonious, or delightful to the ear. 1770Langhorne Plutarch's Lives II. 716/1 (1879) You did wrong in publishing the acroamatic parts of science. 1819Rees Cycl. s.v. Books, Acroamatic Books—Books containing some secret and sublime matters, calculated for adepts and proficients on the subject.
B. n. pl. [The adj. used ellipt. after Gr. τὰ ἀκροαµατικά = acroamatic (matters).] Aristotle's lectures to intimate friends and scholars on the esoteric parts of his philosophy.
1660Howell Lex. Tetragl., The Peripatetic in his Acroamatiques, the Egyptians in their Hieroglyphics..involve the choicest of their Knowledge (though obscurely). 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 314 The Egyptians, besides their vulgar and fabulous theology..had another arcane and recondite theology; these two theologies of theirs differing as Aristotle's Exotericks and Acroamaticks. |