adeptusn.

Brit.

/aˈdɛptəs/,

/əˈdɛptəs/, U.S.

/əˈdɛptəs/

Inflections: Plural adepti;

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adeptus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin adeptus person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy (1648 or earlier), use as noun of classical Latin adeptus (see adept adj.). Compare adept adj. and later adept n.

Usually in plural, with the. A person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult, (now esp.) an initiate into the secrets of a particular hermetic order or occult organization. Cf. adept n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > alchemy > [noun] > alchemist

alchemisterc1405

alchemist?c1425

alkanamyer?c1475

chemic1559

chemist1559

vulcanist?1586

spagyric1593

adeptus1650

elementarist1651

spagyrist1652

trismegist1657

adeptist1662

spagyrite1666

adept1673

transmuter1826

astro-alchemist1876

the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > occultist

philosopher?1316

man of craft1389

Chaldean1581

artist1584

cabbalista1592

adeptus1650

adeptist1662

adept1673

occultist1876

1650 T. Vaughan Magia Adamica 136 This Errant concluded at last, That Lead or Quick-silver must be the Subject, and that Nature work'd upon one of both. To this the Adeptus replied [etc.].

1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum sig. B2^v They are Mysteries Incommunicable to any but the Adepti.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 112 The several processes of the reputed Adepti.

1678 ‘E. Philalethes’ Ripley Reviu'd 246 A noble Philosopher (though I scarce believe him to be an Adeptus of the Stone) hath wrote of late a small Treatise of Fevers.

1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 401 Unintelligible to all but Adepti.

1797 J. Robison Proofs of Conspiracy ii. 154 The Jewish Theosophy was a mystery; like the Eleusinian, or the Pythagorean, unfit for the vulgar. And thus the doctrines of Christianity were committed to the Adepti, in a Disciplina Arcani.

1827 R. Dagley Death's Doings (ed. 2) II. 300 Let him not trouble himself with the salt, sulphur, and mercury of the Adepti.

1906 A. E. Waite Stud. in Mysticism 311 So was it scarcely any intent of the ancient Philosophers and the lowest use the Adepti made of this materia.

2003 J. M. Greer New Encycl. Occult 236/2 In the Golden Dawn tradition, the name of a ‘Great Avenging Angel’ who is invoked in the ritual for consecrating the Vault of the Adepti.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adeptus
释义	adeptusn. Brit. /aˈdɛptəs/, /əˈdɛptəs/, U.S. /əˈdɛptəs/ Inflections: Plural adepti; Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adeptus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin adeptus person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy (1648 or earlier), use as noun of classical Latin adeptus (see adept adj.). Compare adept adj. and later adept n. Usually in plural, with the. A person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult, (now esp.) an initiate into the secrets of a particular hermetic order or occult organization. Cf. adept n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > [noun] > alchemist alchemisterc1405 alchemist?c1425 alkanamyer?c1475 chemic1559 chemist1559 vulcanist?1586 spagyric1593 adeptus1650 elementarist1651 spagyrist1652 trismegist1657 adeptist1662 spagyrite1666 adept1673 transmuter1826 astro-alchemist1876 the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > occultist philosopher?1316 man of craft1389 Chaldean1581 artist1584 cabbalista1592 adeptus1650 adeptist1662 adept1673 occultist1876 1650 T. Vaughan Magia Adamica 136 This Errant concluded at last, That Lead or Quick-silver must be the Subject, and that Nature work'd upon one of both. To this the Adeptus replied [etc.]. 1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum sig. B2^v They are Mysteries Incommunicable to any but the Adepti. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 112 The several processes of the reputed Adepti. 1678 ‘E. Philalethes’ Ripley Reviu'd 246 A noble Philosopher (though I scarce believe him to be an Adeptus of the Stone) hath wrote of late a small Treatise of Fevers. 1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 401 Unintelligible to all but Adepti. 1797 J. Robison Proofs of Conspiracy ii. 154 The Jewish Theosophy was a mystery; like the Eleusinian, or the Pythagorean, unfit for the vulgar. And thus the doctrines of Christianity were committed to the Adepti, in a Disciplina Arcani. 1827 R. Dagley Death's Doings (ed. 2) II. 300 Let him not trouble himself with the salt, sulphur, and mercury of the Adepti. 1906 A. E. Waite Stud. in Mysticism 311 So was it scarcely any intent of the ancient Philosophers and the lowest use the Adepti made of this materia. 2003 J. M. Greer New Encycl. Occult 236/2 In the Golden Dawn tradition, the name of a ‘Great Avenging Angel’ who is invoked in the ritual for consecrating the Vault of the Adepti. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1650
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