2. Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet.

Where the cow is, there is Arcadia.

J. Burroughs.

{ Ar*ca"di*an (&?;), Ar*ca"dic (&?;), } a. [L. Arcadius, Arcadicus, fr. Arcadia: cf. F. Arcadien, Arcadique.] Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.

Ar*cane" (&?;), a. [L. arcanus.] Hidden; secret. [Obs.] "The arcane part of divine wisdom." Berkeley.

||Ar*ca"num (&?;), n.; pl. Arcana (&?;). [L., fr. arcanus closed, secret, fr. arca chest, box, fr. arcere to inclose. See Ark.] 1. A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.

Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead.

Warburton.

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