exoteric
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As role model, sheds a dim light, His pick exoteric Gave us Bernie Kerik, Still ready, it seems, to incite.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010
In solving this affair, the Bishop had recourse to the more exoteric passages of his criminal literature.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the exoteric doings of the human race were the following: Gilbert Murray.
From Time Magazine Archive
Communicated orally; oral; Ð applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
This same nefarious doctrine of the exoteric and esoteric, one thing for the priest and another for the people, is far from being dead in this nineteenth century.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
