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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hermetic \Her*met"ic\, Hermetical \Her*met"ic*al\, a. [F.
     herm['e]tique. See Note under {Hermes}, 1.]
     1. Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as,
        hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. "Delusions
        of the hermetic art." --Burke.
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              The alchemists, as the people were called who tried
              to make gold, considered themselves followers of
              Hermes, and often called themselves Hermetic
              philosophers.                         --A. B.
                                                    Buckley.
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     2. Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes
        of diseases and the operations of medicine on the
        principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much
        use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic
        medicine.
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     3. Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no
        gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal.
        See Note under {Hermetically}.
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     {Hermetic art}, alchemy.
  
     {Hermetic books}.
        (a) Books of the Egyptians, which treat of astrology.
        (b) Books which treat of universal principles, of the
            nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine,
            and other topics.
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