Both Uses of
esoteric
in
Things Fall Apart
- as the spirits of the ancestors, just emerged from the earth, greeted themselves in their esoteric language.
p. 88.6 *esoteric = understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
- He raised his voice once or twice in manly sorrow and then sat down with the other men listening to the endless wailing of the women and the esoteric language of the ekwe.†
p. 120.8
Definition:
confined to and understandable by only a few -- often an enlightened inner circle