"major arcana" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} major arcana
  1. The 22 trumps of a deck of tarot cards. Wikipedia link: major arcana Related terms: minor arcana Translations (Tarot cards): primêre tarotkaarte (Afrikaans), arcans majors (Catalan), triomfs majors (Catalan), 大阿爾克那 (Chinese Mandarin), 大阿尔克那 (dà ā'ěrkènà) (Chinese Mandarin), velká arkána (Czech), grote arcana (Dutch), iso arkana (Finnish), arcanes majeurs [masculine] (French), Große Arcana [plural] (German), Trumpfkarten [plural] (German), Trionfi [plural] (German), nagy arkánum (Hungarian), arcana mayor (Indonesian), na rúnchártaí móra [masculine, plural] (Irish), arcani maggiori (Italian), trionfi (Italian), 大アルカナ (dai arukana) (Japanese), store arkana (Norwegian), wielkie arkana (Polish), arcanos maiores [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), ста́ршие арка́ны (stáršije arkány) [masculine, plural] (Russian), veľké arkána [masculine] (Slovak), arcanos mayores [masculine] (Spanish), triunfos mayores [masculine] (Spanish), arcana major (Swedish), stora arkana (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-major_arcana-en-noun-0697ikXq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

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