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Renaissance Orders and Hidden Alliances
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  • 1. Describes the obscure and mysterious nature of secret societies’ communications
  • 3. Private assembly term sometimes used for secretive meetings of influential figures
  • 7. Short form referring to a group seeking enlightenment, arising post-Renaissance
  • 8. Part of a famous secret society name linked to mystical philosophy and Renaissance thought
  • 10. Craft-based fraternity with secret rituals originating before and during the Renaissance
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  • 2. Proto-scientific practice tied to secret knowledge and transformation
  • 4. Root of inquisitor, linked to a secretive tribunal often feared in Renaissance Europe
  • 5. Mystical tradition involving secret interpretation of ancient texts popular among esoteric groups
  • 6. Symbol often associated with mystical and secret societies’ power hierarchies
  • 9. Objects or signs carrying hidden meanings used by secret groups to identify themselves
  • 11. Ancient sect rumored to influence later secret brotherhoods in spiritual circles
  • 12. Label often given to members of banned or secret religious societies

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