Taroc

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

  Tarot \Tar"ot\, n. [F.; cf. It. tarocco.]
     1. A game of cards; -- called also {taroc}. --Hoyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. any of a set of 22 playing cards which bear allegorical
        images representing various objects or influences


        affecting human life, and widely used in fortunetelling;
        they are also used as trumps in the game of taroc. Various
        images are used by different artists to represent the
        themes of each card.
        [PJC]