Meaning of denarian | Babel Free
/dɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/Definitions
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Pertaining to the number 10. not-comparable
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Pertaining to a form a numerology that views the number 10 as the most perfect or powerful number. not-comparable
Examples
“He excused himself to his brother, the Argonaut, who reproached him for appearing before breakfast in a well-worn coat, 'it is my ante-jentacular coat, Jack ' ; and answered his apologies for troubling him with a letter to London, by saying, ' I shall put it into the denarian post, and there my trouble will end;.”
“play loose when it's only time to choose brother stop playing the goose trapped in a denarian noose”
“He thus explains the scope of the “Denarian Tract,” which forms the third portion of the work: “The Denary or number Ten, is the highest number according to the largest extent of Nature; or the number Five being the Spirit or Quintessence, joined with its body, the number Four, or the four Elements made pure, out of this number Nine, or by the conjunction of Four and Five, the sum of perfection is brought forth, which is the number Ten.”
“the third and last book, is a denarian tract, shewing how to cure all diseases with ten medicaments, and the mystery of the quaaternary and quinary number opened, with a table shewing the suns rising, setting, hours of the day, hours of the night, and how many minutes are contained in planetary hour both day and night, with a table of the signs continuance on the ascendant, fitted for magical uses, as gathering of herbs, roots, and the like, with their uses;”
“The alchemical relevance of these seemingly extraneous and logically defective speculations is indicated by Dee's somewhat baffling conclusion that Sun and Moon contained in the monad desire their elements, in which there is a strong denarian proportion, to be separated by means of fire.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.