Free women of color were included among the concubines of white aristocrats, their lives organized according to arcane social codes.

Ancient documents and arcane codes produce astonishing results when thrown into a computer.

It is a DOS-based operating system which presents users with a screen of friendly, pictorial instructions, rather than DOS's arcane codes.

Mr. Rafalat found the sanitary codes arcane, with officials standing on every provision.

It sounded so much easier than sitting on the phone for hours with a tech support person, trying this, trying that, groping in the dark for a light switch to illuminate some arcane code flaw.

He tapped back to the main menu and typed in some arcane code, then flicked back to the medical net.

She explains the arcane code of turning down the corners of visiting cards when leaving them and what each bent corner means, and lists the further components of a complete "stationery wardrobe."

Most new users find the Windows software, which has friendly picture-book instructions rather than arcane codes, already loaded on their computers when they buy them.

While he had used his natural gifts to achieve a lifestyle that was very close to perfection, Colfax had shackled himself in the chains of an arcane code of honor.