[f. as prec. + -Y3.
(An irregular formation; in first quot., from which Todd obtained the word, esoteries may be mispr. for esoterics.)]
Esoteric doctrine, secret lore. Also pl.
1763. A. Tucker, Freewill, 172, note. Reserving their esoteries for adepts, and dealing out exoteries only to the vulgar.
1828. Webster, Esotery, mystery; secrecy. (Little used.)
1879. G. Meredith, Egoist, II. i. 7. I seem to be instructed in one of the mysteries of erotic esotery, yet on my word I am no wiser.
