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 Her’mes (2 syl.).Hermet’ic Books. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hermetic Art.
 
The art or science of alchemy; so called from the Chaldean philosopher, Herms Trismegis’tus, its hypothetical founder.   1
 


 Her’mes (2 syl.).Hermet’ic Books. 

 
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