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单词 minor arcana
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minor arcana
minor arcana n. [after French arcanes mineurs (1889)] (with plural agreement) the 56 suit cards in a tarot pack, as distinguished from the trumps (cf. major arcana n. at major adj. and n.1 Compounds).
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1892 A. P. Morton tr. ‘Papus’ Tarot Bohemians v. 35 The Tarot is composed of 78 cards..56 cards called the minor arcana, 22 cards called the major arcana.
1931 J. C. Locke tr. É.-J. Grillot de Givry Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy ii. vii. 282 Cartomancers divide their packs more elaborately into two series which they call the Major Arcana, numbering twenty-two cards, and the Minor Arcana, numbering fifty-six—or fity-two according to some conventions.
1990 L. Picknett Encycl. Paranormal 71/2 There are fifty-six unnumbered cards, known as the Minor Arcana, which are divided into four suits: Cups, Wards (also called Reds or Staves), Pentacles (or Coins) and Swords.
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