Adjective
cryptic
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Many times the moon hears strange music as it shines on those courts and terraces and pinnacles, but whether that music be the song of the god or the chant of the cryptical priests, none but the King of Ilek-Vad may say; for only he has entered the temple or seen the priests.
Adjective
of an obscure nature
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the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
a deep dark secret
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the inscrutable workings of Providence
rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
having a secret or hidden meaning
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cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
cryptic writings