es·o·ter·ic /ˌɛsəˈtɛrɪk, ˈtɛrɪk/
 (a.)秘教的,奧祕的,秘傳的


 Es·o·ter·ic a.
 1. Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of discussions of technical topics and of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.
    Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to understand them.   --De Quincey.
 2. Marked by secrecy or privacy; private; select; confidential; as, an esoteric purpose; an esoteric meeting.


 Es·o·ter·ic, n. Philos. (a) An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy; esoterics. (b) One who believes, or is an initiate, in esoteric doctrines or rites.

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 esoteric
      adj : confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner
            circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical
            theories" [ant: exoteric]